Maria Joao Rodrigues is the president of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies.
We are entering a new phase of the European project, which can be presented by a central equation in the following terms: if we want to renew the European economic and social model to address the ongoing ecological and digital transformations, and if we want to improve global governance to address the current global challenges, we must redefine our economic and financial instruments and deepen European democracy in such a way as to be able to take the necessary far-reaching decisions.
The European Union must assert itself as a full-fledged political entity with economic, social, cultural dimensions and take internal and external actions that are decided democratically by its own citizens. That is why a ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ is so necessary at this particular historical juncture.
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European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, underlined on Friday (7 May) that it is a real problem that "too few" social rights exist, calling for a collective duty of the EU to provide concrete answers to citizens.
Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on May 7 is taking part online in the
Social Summit in Porto, which is the high point of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The focus of the forum will be on defining the European agenda for the next decade, which will ensure that the European community faces the challenges of the present and the future without anyone being left behind.
The
EU
Social Summit aims to strengthen the commitment of Member States, the European institutions, the social partners and civil society to the implementation of the Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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