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21/05/2013 - ‘Joan of Art: Towards a Free Education System’, is a multi-year cultural program which aims to deliver a free education system. In the first stages the very notion of education will be explored so that a new system ...

Europe after Europe: the other Europe in waiting

21/05/2013 - The surrealist map of the world (1929) Niccolo Milanese This text was originally published on Opendemocracy.net as part of their 'Can Europe Make It?' Series There is a tendency when speaking of ‘things ...

WE ALL WANT TO BE YOUNG

21/05/2013 - From our Making a Living project, young people are finding it really challenge to figure out what’s worse: expecting not to have the things your parents had, and preparing yourself for alternatives to getting a job, a house ...

BORDERS TO CROSS: Open call!

20/05/2013 - PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT BORDERS TO CROSS How green is (y)our grass? Learn how civic initiatives and other innovations are reshaping the practice of democracy within and across borders. Borders to Cross is an inter national conference ...

Hello Europe

11/05/2013 - Do you feel…European? If we asked the question anywhere in Europe “Do you make me feel so“, you’d be surprised to get “European” as a response. And yet when we’re away from it, we feel ...

When work doesn't pay

06/05/2013 - With our Making a Living project, we're exploring how young people cope with making a living. The video above by @Avanti_Europe tells the story of Alexia, a Greek civil engineer who hasn't been paid for work for the ...

EA is recruiting an accounting and administration manager

22/04/2013 - DEADLINE EXTENDED to MAY 7th European Alternatives is looking for an accounting and administration officer to work from its Rome office. The candidate should be familiar with both the British and Italian accounting system and ...

‘What shall become of us without any barbarians?' Youth Policy in the Euro-Med

09/04/2013 - Niccolo Milanese, based on remarks given at the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Forum, Marseille, 6th April 2013. Between 15th April and 20th April, European Alternatives will be hosting activists from Egypt and Spain in France as part ...

Roma in Rome : Our Vote is not For Sale

08/04/2013 - Translation: Rebecca Hilton The day set out to mark the International Dayof the Roma and Sinti People, as recognised by the UN since 1979, cannot be truly be regarded as a "Bahtalo Roman dives" or "good day of the ...

OneEurope and European Alternatives are now partners!

05/04/2013 - OneEurope and European Alternatives are now partners! OneEurope is a successful and innovative platform, which aims to increase the debate on Europe, by providing inspiring articles, infographics, opinions, statistics, and ...

EA joins US National Conference on Media Reform

25/03/2013 - The National Conference for Media Reform has it all: Award-winning artists. Hollywood luminaries. Visionary activists. Veteran journalists. D.C. heavyweights. And European Alternatives! Organised by Free Press in Denver over ...

Paths beyond precarity

21/03/2013 - Interview by Gian Paolo Faella I met Professor Bob Blackburn in his studio as part of our project on how young people cope with making a living. We talked about many things, among which, above all, the relationship between ...

Want to get a free personalised infographic?

15/03/2013 - Take 10 minutes and fill in our brief questionnaire and you'll receive a free Making a Living infographic personalised just for you that you can use for your resume! If 10 people or more from your city fill it in, your local ...

Members of European Alternatives elected their representatives

14/03/2013 - Following a week of online transnational elections, members of European Alternatives have elected two new representatives on the Board: Louise Métrichand Monica Marquez. Congratulations to them but also to the other ...

Stop Precarity: Act Democratically!

07/03/2013 - by Ségolène Pruvot and Alice Michelini, European Alternatives European Alternatives is pleased to announce the next steps of the project « Stop Youth precarity: Act Democratic ». For one week in ...

Transnational elections! European Alternatives members vote for their representatives

25/02/2013 - For the second time in European Alternatives history, members will soon participate in transnational elections to elect their representatives on the Board of the organisation, from March 1st to 8th. Putting in practice our ...

Welcome to the Local Activities Explorer

24/02/2013 - We have created the Local Activities Explorer so that you can see what other groups are working on the issues your group cares about. It will also enable you to explore what activities members of your group could get involved in ...

We need a good deal for Europeans, not a good deal for nation states

23/02/2013 - The European budget proposal agreed on by the European council on 8th February is a bad deal for young people, a bad deal for the economy, a bad deal for Europe’s place in the world and a bad deal for European democracy. ...

The Citizens Pact has a logo

22/02/2013 - A logo for the Citizens Pact We are very happy to announce that a logo for the Citizens Pact has been selected! Following a transnational contest in which designers from throughout Europe sent us their proposals, a voting ...

Transeuropa Festival is coming back in October 2013

21/02/2013 - 2013 is the ‘official’ Year of European Citizens. European Alternatives has not waited for it to claim that it’s only by really involving citizens in the creation of a common and shared space that Europe can ...

The many seasons of revolution across the Mediterranean

20/02/2013 - Two years after the beginning of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, the symbol they provide of political change is embattled but still alive both throughout the region and throughout Europe. European Alternatives has been ...

Vote for the Citizens Pact logo!

14/02/2013 - Launched in December 2012, the Citizens Pact is a bottom-up attempt to bridge the infamous democratic deficit in Europe, to empower citizens to take action, and to ensure that the 2014 the European Parliament elections are truly ...

Successful first week of Citizens Initiative for Media Pluralism

12/02/2013 - This week was the launch of the European Citizens' Initiative for Media Pluralism with press conferences inaugurating the campaign on February 7th in seven European countries (read a press release with more information here). ...

Launch of the first European Citizens’ Initiative on Media Pluralism

05/02/2013 - On February 7th, a pan-European coalition of citizens and nearly one hundred media groups, professional bodies, Independent Journalists and Civil Society Organisations from across the continent will launch the online collection ...

Model European Union 2013

04/02/2013 - Model European Union (MEU) is a prestigious simulation of European institutions and politics. Organised by the Bringing Europeans Together Association (BETA) e.V, it is an informal educational project which aims to give young ...

Logo Contest: Design the logo for the Citizens Pact for European Democracy

28/01/2013 - Graphic designers and artists are invited to a transnational contest to design the logo of the Citizens Pact for European Democracy. At the end of 2012, while the European institutions were busy imposing a "fiscal ...

EA joins the Fundamental Rights Agency's Platform

24/01/2013 - Photo Flickr / GlobalCitizen01 We are happy to announce that European Alternatives is now part of the Fundamental Rights Agency's Platform (FRP), the main channel for cooperation and information exchange between the European ...

SHAREs Exhibition Opens in Istanbul

09/01/2013 - How To Tell A Story is one of the main stages of the project SHAREs – Informing Transnational Mobilization. SHAREs is an 18 months long project conceived as a platform to develop a transnational collaboration involving ...

Call for Expression of Interest: Integrated Communication Agency

07/01/2013 - Background European Alternatives is a transnational citizens’ organisation active throughout Europe to promote democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation state. European Alternatives, together with the Alliance ...

A Citizens pact for European Democracy is launched

21/12/2012 - The transnational forum on Monday 17, attended by various organisations from European civil society and citizens from all across Europe intended to pave the way for a Citizens Pact to fill up the democratic gap in Europe. ...

A Citizens pact for European Democracy is launched

21/12/2012 - The transnational forum on Monday 17 December, attended by various organisations from European civil society and citizens from all across Europe intended to pave the way for a Citizens Pact to fill up the democratic gap in ...

The map of illegal detention of migrants in Europe

20/12/2012 - Every year in the European Union and neighbouring countries, hundreds of thousands of children, women and men are arrested or detained simply because they do not have a residence permit. Since the 1990s, all Member States have ...

Debating the commons in post-socialist Bulgaria

24/10/2012 - Photo: Transeuropa Festival 2012 Rome, Teatro Valle. Article by Mariya Ivancheva This article touches on key ssues which will be further explored during the Forum Europe, Crisis, Democracy: Central and Eastern European Social ...

Call for applications: Communication Expert

22/10/2012 - Call for applications: Communication Expert European Alternatives is a transnational citizens’ organisation active throughout Europe to promote democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation state. We are looking ...

“Nobody wants to watch”. Struggles for the cultural sector in Poland

19/10/2012 - Article by Alicja Borkowska, Tomasz Gromadka The artistic and cultural sector in Poland is currently facing two serious problems –a lack of money and the incompetence of politicians, government and local officials, who do ...

Media Pluralism in Bulgaria

01/10/2012 - By Rosen Dimov Bulgarian human rights activists and journalists expressed admiration for the European Media Pluralism Initiative, launched by European Alternatives and a coalition of civil society organisations across Europe, as ...

Final consultation on new EA constitution

11/09/2012 - Faced with an increasing crisis of democracy in Europe, European Alternatives is conducting a re-organisation of its internal functioning to turn itself into an ever more democratic citizens' movement capable of working at ...

Don't Forget Space. Chinese contemporary art at Transeuropa Festival 2012

13/08/2012 - by Luigi Galimberti Faussone What are the different types of cultural spaces in China and how are they managed? What is the artist's role in the self-management of artistic production? What is the relationship between the ...

Citizens²: Voices for a Diverse Europe: Discover New Transeuropa Video

07/08/2012 - European Alternatives (EA) transeuropean video 'Citizens²: Voices for a Diverse Europe' gives their say to engaged European citizens, whose parents were born abroad. The video has been created by and produced by ...

Call for application! Join our China-EU project

06/08/2012 - Within the European Alternatives’ China-EU Project, a 10-day tour across the towns of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing will take place in late September – early October. Artists, curators and researchers from China and ...

Only proper integration will solve the East’s democracy problems

01/08/2012 - Article by Juraj Draxler On Sunday, Romanians voted in a controversial, and ultimately unsuccessful, referendum to remove the president, Traian Basescu, from office. The whole process, in which the ruling coalition opposed to ...

Nobody Expects... Imagining Transnational Mobilization

31/07/2012 - Ligna 'Be realistic. Demand the impossible!' Situationist International Nobody Expects... clearly refers to one of the first #hashtags invented during the Spanish mobilization in the spring of 2011 and that had the ...

The left and Europe: video-comment

24/07/2012 - EA's codirector Lorenzo Marsili speaks at Subversive festival on the necessity of social movements, parties, and trade unions to act European. In the coming weeks and months European Alternatives will focus on developing new ...

LGBT rights: should legislation or people's attitudes change first?

18/07/2012 - Article by Alessandro Valera Caricatures by Dan Perjovschi The agorà Transeuropa, the final event of TRANSEUROPA Festival, focused on the rights of minorities. Lesbians, gay, bisexuals and transsexual (LGBT) people are ...

Consultation on new EA Constitution

16/07/2012 - Faced with an increasing crisis of democracy in Europe, European Alternatives is conducting a re-organisation of its internal functioning to turn itself into an ever more democratic citizens' movement capable of working at ...

First results - Transeuropa Festival 2012: Opening a common space for European alternatives

27/06/2012 - Transeuropa Festival, between 9th May and 3rd June, dealt with some of the most burning issues currently facing Europe: the financial crisis and austerity, new democratic processes and the possibility of mobility and migrations ...

United States of Europe?

27/06/2012 - "We are all EUROPEANS, We want a FEDERAL EUROPE now!" Europe-wide FLASH MOB! In BRUSSELS: When: 13:30 on June 28th Where: Place du Luxembourg/Esplanade Solidarnosc in front of the European Parliament (look for ...

The publication RE: Think European Democracy - Democratic Engagement and Advocacy Capacities at European Level is now online

19/06/2012 - This publication was issued by EuroAlter Romania and written by the participants in the projectsStrengthening Romanian Civil Society's Capacity to Advocate at European Level and RE: Think European Democracy! as a result of ...

Another road for Europe

15/06/2012 - European Alternatives is delighted to participate in the organisation of this important conference in the European Parliament to open up a debate at the European level between activists, experts, political forces and policy ...

Launch of the first European Citizens’ Initiative on Media Pluralism

27/05/2012 - European Parliament PHS P7C050, 3pm, 31 May 2012 Teatro Valle, Rome, 6pm, 2 June 2012 On May 31st the first European Citizens’ Initiative on media pluralism will be launched in the European Parliament by a coalition of ...

European Alternatives is recruiting Head of Administration and Finance

25/05/2012 - European Alternatives is a transnational citizens’ organisation active throughout Europe to promote democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation state. We are looking for a dynamic, forwards-looking and professional ...

From the democratic deficit to a democratic default?

23/05/2012 - By Giandomenico Majone this article is part of the paper "A blessing in disguise? What the Euro Crisis tells us about the democratic deficit and the future of post-national Europe" presented at the Conference “The ...

Serbian voters chose rightist Nikolic

22/05/2012 - Vladan Miljkovic Serbian voters decided to change their president. Mr. Tomislav Nikolic succeeded in becoming the new president after defeats in two previous elections against Boris Tadic. The perennial loser finally became a ...

European Alternatives supports Macao, new occupied arts center in Milan

13/05/2012 - On saturday May the 5th many citizens and workers in the fields of arts, entertainment and culture entered and occupied the tower Galfa, in order to create Macao, the new arts center in Milan. European Alternatives supports Macao ...

Interview with Tania Bruguera

10/05/2012 - by Coralba Marocco and Ségolène Pruvot You are running in Queens the art project Immigrant Movement International (IM International) and in Mexico its version PPM (Migrant People’s Party). It is a collaborative ...

Migrant Camps in Europe: Open the doors! We have the right to know!

10/05/2012 - 4th May 2012 The reality of administrative detention of foreigners, a familiar instrument of European migration policies, is hidden from civil society and to the media. Such secrecy makes abuses and attacks on human rights ...

3 Questions to Sandro Mezzadra

01/05/2012 - Sandro Mezzadra will participate in the Transeuropa Festival in Bologna on the 12th May, in the event Towards a European Charter of the Commons. We interviewed him on the current challenges Europe is facing. by Giampaolo Faella ...

Between Translation and Action - New forms of political mobilisation

27/04/2012 - This article is part of the Transeuropa Journal, the official publication of the Transeuropa Festival by Niccolo Milanese The various protests, occupations and viral internet campaigns that have seized the imagination of the media ...

As we move: migration, borders and social change

26/04/2012 - This article is part of the Transeuropa Journal, the official publication of the Transeuropa Festival by Alina Müller The act of migrating extends far beyond the act of moving across a geographical space. Within the borders ...

How do you spell crisis?

25/04/2012 - This article is part of the Transeuropa Journal, the official publication of the Transeuropa Festival 2012 by Niccolo Milanese The European economic crisis, most associated with Greece in the minds of the population, is also ...

The Transnational Walk

24/04/2012 - This article is part of the Transeuropa Journal that will be published in conjunction with the Transeuropa Festival 2012. by Sara Saleri The Transeuropa Festival opens on the 9th of May with a transnational event - a common ...

Three Questions to Guy Standing

20/04/2012 - by Stanimir Panayotov Guy Standing will participate to the Transeuropa Festival 2012 to the event Precariousness: from a social condition to a state of mind on the 20th of May at UCL, London The terms “precarity” and ...

Transeuropa Festival: London's calling for volunteers!

17/04/2012 - Are you interested in gaining valuable experience volunteering for a transnational organisation? If so, this is the right opportunity for you. Join us at 6pm on Tuesday 24th of April at the Lower Cafe of the Rich Mix Cinema (35-47 ...

Rethinking citizenship beyond the nation state. Interview to Engin Isin

13/04/2012 - By Teresa Pullano This interview is the first feature anticipating the Transeuropa Journal, which will be distributed during Transeuropa Festival in May. Online version of the journal will be available soon on ...

Towards a European Charter of the Commons

04/04/2012 - Responding to the current wave of privatisations, European Alternatives together with the International University College and its Institute for the Study of Political Economy and Law together with the Municipality of Naples, and ...

Join Transeuropa Festival! Become a Volunteer!

04/04/2012 - TRANSEUROPA Festival The first transnational Festival in Europe For Democracy, Equality and Culture beyond the Nation State! Even if you only have 30 seconds You can help TRANSEUROPA Festival to be interesting and ...

Transeuropa Festival, EA's members take the floor

04/04/2012 - For European Alternatives' members these are days of hectic activity. The Transeuropa Festival is approaching and every activist is working hard to create interesting and stimulating events in their own city. These people are ...

Transeuropa Festival, the countdown starts

03/04/2012 - May is approaching, and May is the month of Transeuropa Festival. While Europe will be subject to tensions and attempts at weakening its social and civil unity, the third edition of the Transeuropa Festival will take place, ...

People Power Participation: evaluation

27/03/2012 - Throughout 2011, European Alternatives has managed the project People, Power, Participation (PPP). After each of the eighteen citizens’ consultations that we organised across Italy, Spain, Romania, France, Bulgaria and the ...

Nobody Expects...

26/03/2012 - Nobody Expects... Imagining Transnational Mobilization Transeuropa Festival 2012 Image: Aldo Giannotti 'Be realistic. Demand the impossible!' Situationist International Nobody Expects... Imagining Transnational ...

Progress towards harmonising LGBT Rights in Europe

20/03/2012 - This week has witnessed two important steps towards equality for LGBT people in Europe. On March 13, the European Parliament has adopted its annual report on equality between women and men in the European Union. The text looks at ...

We are hiring a Head of campaigning

01/03/2012 - European Alternatives is increasingly involved in running European campaigns - from media pluralism to basic income, from migrant rights to financial transaction tax. We are planning to be amongst the first to use the new tool ...

Open Access Now! Campaign for access of civil society and journalists to detention centres in Europe

27/02/2012 - Today, in most EU countries, journalists and civil society have very limited access to migrant detention centres. Often, it is impossible to meet people in detention, or even to talk to them. Generally, only MPs have right of ...

Next steps after the Rome forum

23/02/2012 - Over February 10-12 European Alternatives organised an important three-day transnational forum in the Teatro Valle in Rome with over forty organisations from eight European countries. Here is our plan for follow-up. European ...

Discrimination has no place in our European democracy: condemn the website of Geert Wilders

23/02/2012 - SIgn the petition! The Dutch anti-migration party of Geert Wilders has launched a website where Dutch people can file anonymously complaints on workers from Central and Eastern Europe. To make it easy for prospective ...

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We are hiring a Head of Office, Romania

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Launching a European Citizens' Initiative for Media Pluralism

13/06/2011 - The fourth estate is tempting to many, perhaps to too many, and in several European countries there are multiple cases of editorial independence and information pluralism being threatened. Take note of Hungary who recently ...

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 ...

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, ...

Labour rights and decent working conditions in Europe: the way forward.

19/04/2011 - Foto da Flickr Article by: Cristina Bermejo, Youth Secretary, Comisiones Obreras Translated by: Ben Engel 1. Introduction The dreadful financial crisis of 2008, caused by irresponsible and uncontrollable greed and by insatiable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marilli Mastrantoni

25/02/2003 - Marilli is one of the candidates standing for elections of European Alternatives members' representatives.. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from March 1st to 8th ...

Louise Métrich

25/02/2003 - Louise is one of the candidates standing for elections of European Alternatives members' representatives. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from March 1st to 8th 2013: ...

Monica Marquez

25/02/2003 - Monica is one of the candidates standing for elections of European Alternatives members' representatives.. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from March 1st to 8th ...

Dounia Mahfoufi

25/02/2003 - Dounia is one of the candidates standing for elections of European Alternatives members' representatives. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from March 1st to 8th 2013: ...

Doina Elena Craciun

25/02/2003 - Doina is one of the candidates standing for elections of European Alternatives members' representatives.. Find out more about who she is and why she stands as a candidate. Elections will take place from March 1st to 8th 2013: ...

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