At October’s meeting, Uli Langhorst from the German Green Party, presented information on the significant changes to the German energy market. The German government is committed to move away from nuclear energy to a new mix of renewable energy and infrastructure. Uli looked at the implications for workers, consumers and the environment. Uli’s presentation can be view below: eris_meeting_nuclear_vs_renewable_ulrich_langhorst
We’ve been told that the people have spoken and that this is the democratic majority. However, the reality is very different and many questions about Brexit remain unanswered: Does the referendum mandate the UK Government to take the UK out of Europe? The referendum was explicitly and expressly advisory. The Government acts as if Brexit is an automatic consequence of…read more →
Saying ‘Yes’ to a Social Europe ERIS Final Position Statement on the UK Referendum: The referendum debate has been poor. The public demanded a balanced debate on which to base one of the most import choices this country has faced in recent times and instead have been on the receiving end of political twists, turns and shenanigans. Therefore, it is…read more →
Saying ‘Yes’ to a Social Europe The following UK employment rights will be at risk if the UK leaves the European Union: Paid Holidays and Working Time: The Working Time Directive introduced a maximum 48-hour working week (although UK workers can opt out of this time limit), guaranteed rest periods and a statutory right to 20 days’ annual leave (28…read more →
Saying ‘Yes’ to a Social Europe The EU is in need of reform. However, our reform agenda is not the same reform agenda as Cameron’s that puts business and corporate interests above the interests of working families. Unions are opposed to austerity and for raising living standards and a growing economy – a Social Europe. We demand a return to…read more →
Saying ‘Yes’ to a Social Europe Recent tragic events in Paris along with confirmation that seven terror plots have been foiled in the UK in recent months underline how important it is that we maintain and enhance our capacity to defend ourselves. To counter these threats our police and security forces need to be able to act quickly and across…read more →
Saying ‘Yes’ to a Social Europe The Leave campaign claims that Brexit will be a short formality and that talk of economic uncertainty and risk is the use of ‘Project Fear’, a tactic by the Remain camp to sway the British public. However, a leave vote will trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union and a withdrawal…read more →
The full version of Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Finance Minister’s, response to the Eurogroup. Posted on June 18, 2015: Greece’s Proposals to End the Crisis: My intervention at today’s Eurogroup The only antidote to propaganda and malicious ‘leaks’ is transparency. After so much disinformation on my presentation at the Eurogroup of the Greek government’s position, the only response is to post the…read more →
Syriza has won a wonderful victory in the Greek elections. Will the Labour Party learn lessons from the cradle of democracy? The Greek result reminds us that alternative economics and politics are possible. Angela Merkel needs to be reminded that Germany enjoyed substantial debt relief under the1953 London Agreement and the Marshall Plan. The anti-austerity choice of the Greek people is in our…read more →
ERIS European Election Briefing 2: UKIP: Anti-EU; Anti-Trade Union; Anti-worker ‘Its first leader was a Don at a fashionable London university; its current leader went to public school and made his money in the City. His immediate predecessor was an Etonian who hadn’t read his own party’s manifesto. Its elected officials have called women sluts, been jailed for benefit fraud,…read more →