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01/02/2012 - Job vacancy: Head of office, Cluj Napoca European Alternatives is recruiting a head of office for our growing office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. European Alternatives has been active in Cluj for over two years, and is looking to ...

We are more! Sign the manifesto to support culture in Europe.

26/01/2012 - While national governments are cutting back on funding for culture, the European Commission has decided to invest in it. For the new budget of 2014 – 2020, the EC proposed a significant increase in the available subsidies. ...

European Forum in Rome: Minimum Income, Common Goods and Democracy

24/01/2012 - Rome 10-12 February, Teatro Valle Throughout Europe, we are witnessing massive transfers of resources from the public to the private sphere. The political responses to the crises are defined by austerity measures and by cuts to ...

European Alternatives Recruiting Head of Fundraising

20/01/2012 - Head of Fundraising European Alternatives is recruiting a head of fundraising to develop its activity throughout Europe promoting Democracy, Equality and Culture beyond the Nation state. An opportunity to join a fast growing and ...

RE: THINK EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY!

17/01/2012 - RE: THINK EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY! EuroAlter Association announces the start of activities in RE: THINK EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY! The project will be run in partnership with Asociația ProDemocrația, European Alternatives London, ...

Hungary must not become a symbol of a failed European dream

13/01/2012 - (Blank newspaper cover to protest media reforms- flickr-Lamarietta) European Alternatives calls on European leaders to condemn the threats to democracy and freedom in Hungary and for the European Institutions to apply Article 7 ...

The crisis calls for a cultural revolution in Europe

21/12/2011 - Photo: Flickr European Alternatives co-president Niccolo Milanese gave the following interview to the Greek newspaper Tovima (in Greek). Do you believe that the common currency can survive without more fiscal and political ...

Access to detention centres granted in Italy!

14/12/2011 - Over the past few months European Alternatives, in the context of the campaign LasciateCIEntrare, has been campaigning for the right of access to detention centres. Most recently, together with organisations from throughout ...

EA wins prize for Transeuropa Festival from EESC

07/12/2011 - 2011 EESC Civil Society Prize: Translating EU values into action On 7 December, at the plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee, the 2011 Civil Society Prize was awarded to three civil society organisations. ...

Real Alternatives: European Congress for Change

22/11/2011 - European citizens increasingly see the necessity of articulating clear political alternatives at a directly European and transnational level, as the only chance for European citizens to take back from financial markets the power ...

European checkmate: democracy at gunpoint

16/11/2011 - European Alternatives Position “There is no alternative” is an imposture commonly used to cover with a mantle of inevitability clearly partisan economic decisions. Rarely has this false refrain sounded so convincing ...

European Alternatives runs transnational forum on 'Legality and struggle against mafias in Europe' in Sofia

15/11/2011 - November 19, 2011 The Red House, Sofia (Bulgaria) Transnational forum Legality and struggle against mafias in Europe! A transnational response to the transnational phenomenon of organised crime Many Europeans are aware that ...

Transeuropa Network members win Youth in Action Competition

15/11/2011 - Youth in Action and the British Council hosted a “Broadening Horizons – My Youth in Action Experience” Competition (here) where participants were asked to submit either photographs, a video or an essay which best ...

Students of Europe, Unite!

15/11/2011 - Article by Federico Guerrieri Translation by Olga Vukovic Almost a year after the increase in university taxes imposed by the coalition government lead by David Cameron, British students return to make their dissent heard in the ...

Press release for our event 'Legality and struggle against mafias in Europe'

14/11/2011 - The press release for our event 'Legality and struggle against mafias in Europe' is available here. Click on the image below for the PDF format of the press release.

European Alternatives at Council of Europe Conference

14/11/2011 - European Alternatives co-director Niccolo Milanese spoke at the Council of Europe conference on Social Cohesion and Democracy in Limassol, Cyprus on 14th October. Niccolo used his speech to draw attention to the new forms of ...

Being European

14/11/2011 - During the Transeuropa Festival which simultaneously occured in twelve European cities in May 2011, ten young film-makers from all over Europe asked participants of the Festival if they feel European, and what does that mean to ...

Eurocrisis calls for a new politics fit for the age

09/11/2011 - For the past two years, the national leaders of European member states have been meeting more and more frequently to buy themselves ever more time to deal decisively with the economic crisis engulfing the Eurozone and the wider ...

Transeuropa Network elections: the results!

16/10/2011 - From October 7th to 14th, members of the Transeuropa Network have voted online for their two representatives on the Board (learn more about European Alternatives' new structure). Jonmar Van Vlijmen and Angela Anton were ...

Transeuropa Network goes to London!

12/10/2011 - This past weekend the Transeuropa Network met in London for a truly inspiring and productive meeting. European Alternatives would like to thank all the members – new as well as old - who came from throughout Europe to ...

What are environmental crimes?

07/10/2011 - by Cecilia Anesi and Giulio Rubino ‘Environmental Crime’ is a concept that relates to a broad range of criminal offences. From littering to waste trafficking, from wildlife smuggling to unregulated logging. Several ...

Real Alternatives: For a new European social pact

06/10/2011 - European Alternatives supports the transnational wave of protests demanding a radical change of direction in Europe’s response to the financial crisis and a restoration of democratic control over economic decision-making, ...

European Alternatives starts Chinese think tank

04/10/2011 - Faithful to its transnational vocation, European Alternatives is setting up a Euro-Chinese journal and laboratory starting November (project website coming in early November - to be updated join EA mailing list) overview ...

Transnational Elections!

04/10/2011 - Vote online from October 7th to 14th European Alternatives begins to put in practice its commitment to bottom-up, transnational democracy. The first two member representatives of the Transeuropa Network were elected by ...

EA organises protest against forced evictions in Cluj-Napoca

03/10/2011 - “We want decent houses!”, “Houses for everybody!” and “Stop the forced evictions!” shouted the Roma gathered to protest in the centre of Cluj-Napoca. The protest was initiated and supported by ...

Roma rights in Europe: report of PPP forum in Seville by Spanish TV

03/10/2011 - European Alternatives' People, Power, Participation forum on Roma rights in Seville was filmed by Lebrija TV, a local TV station from Andalusia. You can watch the piece they have shown on air several times over the weekend by ...

Call for civil society access to detention centers

30/09/2011 - (Photo Flickr: noborder network) This text is a first version of a call for citizen's access to detention centers, proposed to partner organisation in the campaign. The text will be circulated, reworked and finalized before ...

European Alternatives has a new constitution!

28/09/2011 - 5 years after its establishment in the UK in 2007, and one year to the day after the creation of Transeuropa Network, European Alternatives has adopted a new constitution. The new constitution was adopted at a meeting in Amsterdam ...

Niccolo Milanese's article on Eurobonds published in Slovak

27/09/2011 - Co-director of EA, Niccolo Milanese, had his article on Eurobonds (originally published on EU Observer) published in Slovak on the Jetotak blog, under Critiques / Economy. To read the article click here. For the article in ...

Roma Rights conference in Spain on Lebrija TV

07/09/2011 - Lebrija TV, a Spanish station, has mentioned the conference on Roma Rights to be held in Seville on September 29th. The conference is part of the People Power Participation project. To watch the video clip (in Spanish) click ...

Building a Europe of citizens: a necessity for the future of the European Union

05/09/2011 - Niccolo Milanese Europe Day on May 9th celebrates the anniversary of the Schuman declaration which marked an important step in the collaboration between different European nation states. In 1950 it was the creation of the coal and ...

European Alternatives votes on new constitution

05/09/2011 - On the 24th September European Alternatives will vote on a new constitution. The constitution will give a structure to an entirely innovative organisation which is transnational in its reach, staff, decision making and operations. ...

Segregación y discriminación hacia la población gitana en Cataluña

01/09/2011 - de Mara Gabrielli y Giorgia Piva El colectivo gitano se puede definir como un grupo étnico-cultural con características transnacionales, transculturales, multiétnicas y multiculturales que difieren mucho de la ...

Corruption and the police forces

30/08/2011 - Introduction by Rosen Dimov A glimpse into the origin of the term “corruption” gives an initial clue to understand the meaning behind it. The Latin root stands for “moral decay, rottenness”,, appropriate to ...

Environmental crimes

25/08/2011 - By Rosen Dimov Environmental crimes in the broadest sense refer to any man-made harm (deliberate or careless act) caused to the surrounding nature. This includes diverse issues such as protection of endangered species, ozone layer ...

Mafia and finance: an introduction

19/08/2011 - by Alessandro Valera The word mafia often evokes quasi-romantic images from The God Father or The Sopranos. Mafia thugs are imagined as Sicilian men wearing traditional clothes, speaking with accents and carrying guns. Many in ...

Festival catalogue now available!

27/07/2011 - We are delighted to announce publication of the catalogue of Transeuropa Festival 2011, with featured interviews, in-depth articles, and reports from all 12 festival cities! Main sections include About the festival - ...

Transeuropa Network opens membership

26/07/2011 - At European Alternatives we are using the summer to reform our structure and continue constructing a transnational bottom-up cultural and political actor. We are delighted to announce the birth of an open-membership Transeuropa ...

Genoa 2011 for another Europe

25/07/2011 - The following statement was jointly written by organisations and movements, including European Alternatives, meeting in Genoa in the context of the 10th anniversary of the 2001 G8 meeting “People of Europe rise up”: ...

Transeuropa Elections Count-down!

25/07/2011 - We are delighted to announce we are arranging for our first-ever round of online voting - part of a wider drive to get turn the network into an innovative experiment in bottom-up transnational democracy! All existing and new ...

INTERIM FINDINGS OF THE CONSULTATION ON LGBT RIGHTS IN CLUJ

25/07/2011 - Discrimination at the workplace Moderator: Angela Anton Discussion: The beginning of the discussion was polarized between 2 very different perspectives, both coming from representatives of the LGBT community. The former focused on ...

Niccolo Milanese's interview on Roma rights (PPP) by French local associative radio

11/07/2011 - People Power Participation project goes on with new consultations, the latest having been led in Douai, north of France. Following Sliven’s consultation on Roma rights on June 4th in Bulgaria, the Maison de l’Europe in ...

Case law of the European Court of Justice: the cases of Maruko and Römer

08/07/2011 - By Maëva Kokodoko Translation by Amy Jolley "Direct discrimination shall be taken to occur where one person is treated less favourably than another is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation. Indirect ...

Non-discrimination based on sexual orientation

08/07/2011 - image: freehindou.com Interview by Maeva Kokodoko Translation by Dierdre Brophy It has now been one month since the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of May 11th 2011, and several questions come to ...

Open letter and an invitation to my young Tunisian and Egyptian friends

29/06/2011 - Flashmob along with the reception of the Caravan of the South for Dignity and Freedom, Tunis, June 23rd (see EA transnational flashmob day on June 23rd) Last week European Alternatives' co-director, Niccolò Milanese, ...

Italy’s Migrant Rights Record Under Scrutiny

29/06/2011 - by Costanza Hermanin, Open Society The European Court of Human Rights will on Wednesday, June 22, hear complaints raised against Italy by a group of Somali and Eritrean migrants who were pushed back to Libya by Italian naval ...

Open letter to the European deputies of the EU’s Ministers of Home Affairs regarding the situation of Tunisian migrants

22/06/2011 - Photo: flickr European Alternatives, together with other civil society organisations, is organising a transnational movement in favour of freedom of movement. For more information and to join us visit ...

Citizens Panels: Migration and Asylum Rights

22/06/2011 - translation: Maëva Kokodoko interim findings The introduction focused on the current struggle that migrants are going through in Europe in order to obtain the recognition of their rights. The situation of Tunisian people, ...

European Initiative for Media Pluralism - Partners

13/06/2011 - MEMBERS OF THE INITIATIVE TRANSNATIONAL European Alternatives is a civil society organisation devoted to exploring the potential for transnational politics and culture. We believe that today the challenges of democratic ...

A subjective map of the city: Cluj seen by us through Gendered and Artistic Networks

03/06/2011 - The map [ˈkluʒ naˈpoka] has been produced during a workshop held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) in the context of "Visualizing Transnationalism", a project strongly connected to Transeuropa Festival 2011. The point of ...

A ground that needed to be purified: Coastei street Cluj

03/06/2011 - Schizophrenic, autistic or just terribly paranoid. These are some of the words uttered by the intellectuals present at the religious mass that opened the construction site for the new Faculty of Social Theology. The Orthodox ...

Roma rights

02/06/2011 - « All forms of discrimination remain unacceptable. The Union and the Member States must make a concerted effort to fully integrate vulnerable groups, in particular the Roma community, into society by promoting their ...

CURRENTly silenced

01/06/2011 - Article by Federico Guerrieri. Translation by Chris Mckee Today we find ourselves dealing with the umpteenth blow struck against the freedom of the press in Europe: the Italian television channel ‘Current’ is set to ...

Conclusions from European Congress on Media Pluralism

27/05/2011 - This article is part of the European Initiative on Media Pluralism The European Congress on Media Pluralism, third appointment of the European Initiative for Media Pluralism, took place on Friday 13th may 2011 in the auditorium ...

It Gets Better: Stories from Europe

26/05/2011 - Many LGBT young people are afraid by their sexual orientation and can’t imagine what their lives, their future will be as openly gay adults. Eleven young filmmakers from throughout Europe interviewed LGBT from different ...

Common Asylum Policy in the EU

26/05/2011 - Non-refoulement is a concept which prohibits States from returning a refugee or asylum seeker to territories where there is a risk that his or her life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, ...

How is your country scoring? Report on LGBT rights and protection in Europe

20/05/2011 - by Alessandro Valera (copyright: ILGA Europe) ILGA Europe has published a comparative report on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual people (LGBT) in Europe (available here). This has taken the form ...

Appeal for a Europe without borders

19/05/2011 - Join the appeal on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/europewithoutborders?ref=ts The right to free movement across the continent and to move across the Schengen area without border controls are two of the foundations of European ...

Communication of support for the European Protests

19/05/2011 - European Alternatives supports the movement born in Spain in the last few days fighting for a real democracy, able to offer citizens a real choice over their own future and to restore democratic control over the main economic ...

Conditions of migrants’ temporary detention in camps

19/05/2011 - The gaps in European legislation as regards to migrants conditions (such as the maximum time of detention, which changes from one country to another) open the door to very different interpretations on what are acceptable standards ...

EU's control of migration beyond its borders.

10/05/2011 - “Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own.” Article 12.2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Europe is pushing border controls down south. In order to improve the ...

MULTICULTURALISM vs. ASSIMILATION

04/05/2011 - Picture from le Blog de Caroline Fourest. It’s all about a “positive acceptance not a negative tolerance.” Ruth Lea, British economist. The issue of multiculturalism has recently been put under spotlights by ...

Migration and asylum policies in the EU

03/05/2011 - Context Over 2011, European Alternatives is organizing a deliberative consultation with citizens and stakeholders in a sample of six EU countries on transeuropean issues relating to the area of Justice, Security and Freedom ...

People, Power and Participation in France: coverage from national newspapers

02/05/2011 - The People, Power, Participation project has reached France in April, with two consultations, one of which in Vannes, Britanny. A first article published on Ouest France on April 20th introduces the consultation on labour and ...

In memory of Teo Varga (1988-2011)

29/04/2011 - In memory of Teo Varga (1988-2011) European Alternatives and all members of the Transeuropa Network wish to pass on their deepest sympathies to all who are mourning the loss of Teo Varga, whose life was cut too shortly. We ...

Report from 7th Transeuropa Network, Bologna

20/04/2011 - On April 16th and 17th, a small meeting of the Transeuropa Network was held in Bologna, gathering the video group as well as representatives of the Transeuropa Network local groups in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Prague/Bratislava, ...

The EU wants You!

13/04/2011 - Original source: commissionefesta.altervista.org European Alternatives takes part in the Consultation of the European Commission on the Green Paper "Less bureaucracy for citizens: promoting free movement of public documents ...

A very European Story

13/04/2011 - In 2005, Antonio, from Italy and Juan, from Argentina both win a scholarship to study in a university in the UK. The two get to know each other, like each other very much and start going out together. After the end of their ...

Report from 6th Transeuropa Network, London

12/04/2011 - Over the weekend of March 26 and 27th several representatives of Transeruopa Network groups in Paris, Bologna, Amsterdam, Berlin, Sofia, Lublin, Cluj-Napoca, and Bologna, met in London to discuss the future of the network, ...

Towards a European Initiative for media pluralism: conclusions and follow up

11/04/2011 - For more information, visit the new website of the European Initiative for Media Pluralism The work conference “Towards a European Initiative on Media Pluralism”, held on March 31st at the European Parliament, has ...

Maghreb appeal

08/04/2011 - Appeal to the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council CALL FOR A RENEWED EUROPEAN POLICY IN FAVOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE MAGHREB AND THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS Sign the appeal here ...

EA opens a new office in Romania

10/03/2011 - European Alternatives is happy to communicate the opening of its 5th office. After London, Paris, Bologna and Rome, European Alternatives lands in Eastern Europe, with a new office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Here some pictures ...

Transeuropa Network - 5th Meeting Report

04/03/2011 - The 5th meeting of the Transeuropa Network took place on the weekend of the 26th and 27th of February at the Casa Matei, Cluj-Napoca. The event brought together more than 40 people from several European countries, whose main goal ...

European Campaign for the Rights of Interns

03/03/2011 - The intern population is configured as a surrogate of the work contract, a "reserve army” of hundreds and thousands of workers without rights and a salary, or, at best, with meager “expenses covered”. ...

Basta Berlusconi!

02/03/2011 - Photo: Giuliana di Febo Article by Elena Dalibot Translation by Joanne Hamilton In comparison to an ordinary Sunday on the hill of the Sacré Coeur in Paris, it is not so much the bells of the basilica that were heard on ...

European Parliament proposes better regulations for internships

21/02/2011 - by Jana Allenberg On the 6th of July 2010, the European Parliament (EP) published a resolution “promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status” (2009/2221 ...

Interim findings for media consultation in Rome

14/02/2011 - Foto da Flickr Interim findings for media consultation in Rome Media Representation There are a number of distortions regarding how some social contexts are represented in the media: on the one hand the hierarchy of the news ...

Is the EU a credible partner for the creation of a democratic structure in Tunisia?

11/02/2011 - Article by Alexandra Solom. Photo: Flickr/rebelo Translation by Ben Engel Having been Tunisia’s firm friend and partner throughout its history, the European Union has always maintained a privileged relationship with the ...

Visualising Transnationalism- First Workshop Report

04/02/2011 - Visualizing Transnationalism – First Workshop Report The 1st workshop of the project Visulizing Transnationalism took place in Berlin on January 22nd, hosted by the association Altes Finanzamt. The participants to the ...

European Parliament MEDIA Integroup calls on Commission to defend media freedom

03/02/2011 - Photo flickr European Alternatives has been organising over the last few months a series of initiative to sensibile European societies and the European Commission of the need to defend and enforce the pluralism and independence of ...

Work with EA: Accounting and Administrative Intern

01/02/2011 - European Alternatives invites applications for an accounting and administrative intern. The post is based in our London office. The interns will perform various duties including: Helping updating European Alternatives Budget ...

Hungarian media law under investigation by the European Commission

31/01/2011 - Photo flickr arth2o A recently published media law in Hungary is under investigation by the European Commission. Neelie Kroes is the European commissioner responsible to investigation whether this law is in accordance with EU ...

TN - 4th Meeting Report

28/01/2011 - The 4th meeting of the Transeuropa Network took place on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of January at the Toynbee Hall, London. The event brought together more than 40 people from several European countries, whose main goal is ...

Public demonstration against the ghettoisation of Roma in Cluj-Napoca

27/01/2011 - Article by: Daniel Peslari Somewhere in Europe, more to the East, the rulers of a city have learnt a lesson, taught by the president of a great country, more to the West. The lesson is called ‘How to get rid of those who ...

Human Rights Watch Report criticises EU and Italy

27/01/2011 - Human Rights Watch recently published its World Report 2011 and the results have not shed a positive light on many countries, least of all Italy and the EU. The report condemned Western governments for the soft nature of their ...

Labour Rights in the EU: a decent economy for decent work

25/01/2011 - “Everyone has the right to engage in work and to pursue a freely chosen or accepted occupation. Every citizen of the Union has the freedom to seek employment, to work, to exercise the right of establishment and to provide ...

Same sex and cohabitation rights

25/01/2011 - (Esta página está disponible en español) Transferability of marriages and civil partnerships across the EU “Let me stress this. If you live in a legally-recognised same-sex partnership, or marriage, in ...

European initiative for media pluralism

25/01/2011 - photo flickr historiepostale “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and ...

Will the rising cost of food lead to meaningful reform of CAP this year?

21/01/2011 - article by: Sam Logan The escalating cost of food looks set to be a major bone of contention around the world in 2011. In the past week, riots have broken out in Algeria, triggered by a sudden steep increase in the price of ...

Volunteer for European Alternatives in London

18/01/2011 - European Alternatives is looking for a volunteer to help organise events on the themes of social Europe, migration, Roma, and media pluralism. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm. If you are interested in ...

22-23rd Jan 2011 - London - 4th TRANSEUROPA Network Meeting

15/01/2011 - We are excited to announce the fourth meeting of TRANSEUROPA Network – a network of activists from throughout Europe working together for the emergence of a new and genuinely transnational European politics, culture and ...

Drepturi civile si Programul Stockholm

11/01/2011 - Consultări deliberative transeuropene Pe întreg parcursul anului 2011, organizaţia European Alternatives va implementa un proiect transeuropean de anvergură care va reuni mii de cetăţeni din toată Europa. Aceştia vor ...

Civil Liberties and Stockholm Programme Initiative in Iasi

11/01/2011 - Transeuropean Deliberative Consultation Throughout 2011, European Alternatives will manage a large-scale transeuropean project that will bring together thousands of citizens across Europe to discuss common actions to fight for ...

Call for interns: Rome office

06/01/2011 - European Alternatives, civil society organisation based in London, Paris, Rome, Bologna, and Cluj-Napoca, devoted to promoting a transnational politics and culture, is seeking an intern to join its Rome team. The position would ...

Angela Anton

04/01/2011 - Angela was elected as one of the two member representatives of the Transeuropa Network for a year, during elections that took place from October 7th to 14th 2011. Find out more about who she is and why she wanted to become member ...

Carolynn Most

04/01/2011 - Carolynn is one of the candidates standing for elections as member representatives of the Transeuropa Network. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from October 7th to 14th: ...

Claudia De Martino

04/01/2011 - Claudia is one of the candidates standing for elections as member representatives of the Transeuropa Network. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from October 7th to 14th: ...

Jonmar Van Vlijmen

04/01/2011 - Jonmar was elected as one of the two member representatives of the Transeuropa Network for a year, during elections that took place from October 7th to 14th 2011. Find out more about who he is and why he wanted to become member ...

Eleonora Nestola

04/01/2011 - Eleonora is one of the candidates standing for elections as member representatives of the Transeuropa Network. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from October 7th to 14th: ...

Simonetta Gorga

04/01/2011 - Simonetta is one of the candidates standing for elections as member representatives of the Transeuropa Network. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from October 7th to 14th: ...

Get involved!

22/12/2010 - European Alternatives seeks journalists and editors for our website: volunteers and interns. We are also recruiting journalism interns to write for our French and Italian websites Cerchiamo tirocinanti a distanza di giornalismo ...

European Citizens' Initiative approved

16/12/2010 - On Wednesday 15th of December 2010, the European Parliament has approved the binding procedural rules for the European Citizens' Initiative. Thanks to this decision, the European citizens will have the possibility to directly ...

EFJ Warns Hungary Over Threats to Media as Parliament Votes on New Law

16/12/2010 - Photo by: Youssef Hanna The European Federation of Journalists today joined with Members of the European Parliament in opposing a new media bill currently at the Hungarian Parliament which aims to create a governing body for ...

Ireland: Bonuses for bankers would have been 'galling' at a time of austerity

14/12/2010 - Irish Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan yesterday wrote to Allied Irish Bank to state that any further state support of the institution would be conditional on the non payment of a proposed 40 million euro in bonuses for staff, ...

First issue of Transeuropa Magazine

13/12/2010 - Transeuropa Magazine is our new multilingual free press magazine, published in English, French, and Italian editions and distributed throughout Europe in cafes, bookshops, and galleries. Distribution information coming soon! The ...

For a European Social Convention

08/12/2010 - The present moment appears as a possible turning point in European economic and political history: the propagation of the economic crisis and ensuing austerity measures to more and more member states, doubts about the future of ...

European Parliament votes on mutual recognition of existing same-sex unions

24/11/2010 - On Tuesday 23 November, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved a report on “Civil, commercial, family and private international law” which confirms the necessity for any civil contract (including all forms ...

EA article in EU Observer

18/11/2010 - EA Directors Niccolo Milanese and Lorenzo Marsili have published the following opinion piece on EUobserver, making the case for a joint European response to recent expulsions of Roma from France. We are all Roma now Roma European ...

Sofia, 7th December: The rise of right wing extremism throughout Europe

16/11/2010 - 7 December (Tuesday) 2010, 7.00 p.m. Red House Centre for Culture and Debate European Alternatives and Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present TRANSEUROPA debate series 1: The rise of right wing extremism throughout Europe ...

Released: Robert Biedron, Eastern Europe's leading lgbt activist!

12/11/2010 - European Alternatives supported the campaign to free Robert Biedron, arrested in Warsaw on 11th November while excercising his democratic right to protest against an extreme right parade; we consequently welcome the good news ...

London - 9 December - European Citizens' Initiative seminar

10/11/2010 - THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE - WHERE DO WE STAND ? A major innovation of the EU Treaty of Lisbon allowing one million citizens from a significant number of EU Member States to ask the European Commission to propose new ...

Call for applications: Communications and Project Management intern

27/10/2010 - European Alternatives invites applications for a communications and project management intern. The post is based in our London offices. Tasks will include: Communications: - Managing relationships with translators - Proofreading ...

23-24 October - Paris: 2nd meeting of Transeuropa Network

19/10/2010 - We are excited to announce the second meeting of TRANSEUROPA Network – a network of activists from throughout Europe working together for the emergence of a new and genuinely transnational European politics, culture and ...

25-26 September - London - Transeuropa Network Founding Meeting

20/09/2010 - We are excited to announce the first meeting of TRANSEUROPA Network – a network of activists from throughout Europe working together for the emergence of a new and genuinely transnational European politics, culture and ...

25th September, London: Debate, 'Is Europe Neoliberal?'

17/09/2010 - Saturday 25th of September, 4.30pm - 6pm Hanbury Hall 22a Hanbury Street, London, E1 6QR Free entry The European Union is often accused of being a neoliberal construction. 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, is it true ...

Transeuropa Youth Think-tank for Democracy

08/09/2010 - We are excited to present TRANSEUROPA Network – a network of activists from throughout Europe working together for the emergence of a new and genuinely transnational European politics, culture and society. Click here for ...

Civil Liberties and Stockholm Programme

07/09/2010 - Starting in November 2010, this project proposes a series of deliberative democracy panels in six European countries centred around crucial themes in civil liberties and citizenship rights. The six participating countries are: The ...

June - Media Freedom Tour

15/06/2010 - Tour events ROME: wednesday 16th of June 2010, at European Alternatives headquarters in Via Tiburtina 135 C – 7pm SASSARI: tuesday 22nd of June 2010 at the Faculty of Political Science-University of Sassari – 6pm ...

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