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Mateusz Marek/PAP Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called for the elimination of tax havens ahead of an informal EU summit this week in Portugal. The Polish government has long argued that a fair tax system means social justice. Poland has been calling for the liquidation of tax havens because social justice means also a just tax system, Morawiecki said upon departure for the Porto Social Summit on Friday. Poland has been fighting for a single market, he added. Poland has been fighting against various forms of protectionism, which is often part of the politics conducted by Western countries. ....
EU Social Summit Ensure Security and Dignity for All Brussels (MOREL)- When EU leaders meet for the Porto Social Summit this weekend, they should show real commitment to the needs of European citizens facing hardship and precarious situations. Rather than expecting wonders from the failed workfare paradigm, they should embrace a new concept of social citizenship. It is time to move towards an unconditional guarantee of economic existence and dignity for all. Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE) welcomes the Portuguese EU presidency’s focus on EU citizens’ social rights and protection across the Union. We appreciate the ambition of the European Commission to go beyond symbolic declarations and set measurable targets for the proposed Action Plan. The scope of the planned measures, however, is regrettably weak. The poverty reduction proposals are shamefully unambitious, especially since the Union failed to meet its poverty ....
Politicians attending the Porto Social Summit this week must understand that social justice and climate action go hand in hand and are key to preventing the loss of a generation, writes Tea Jarc and Adélaïde Charlier. Tea Jarc is President of the Youth Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation. Adélaïde Charlier is a youth climate activist. COVID-19 has marked our young adulthoods. We’ll look back at it and see months trapped at home, jobs lost, education turned upside down, travel banned, grief. It’s changed the course of our adolescence and young adulthood so much that it would be easy to focus forever on it. ....
Αssociated Press 5/7/2021 Athens News Agency ATHENS The European Union Roadmap for Social Cohesion over the next 10 years, as well as the coordination of the EU member-states with regard to the green certificate, the vaccination programmes and the vaccine patents are expected to be raised during the informal EU summit on Friday, the first to be held live since last December. The summit will take place on May 7-8, in Porto, Portugal. Regarding the issue of a Covid-19 vaccine patents waiver, government sources noted that the issue had already been raised by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in April and May 2020, in order to reduce the gap between the developed and developing countries. ....
2021-05-07 17:35:29 GMT2021-05-08 01:35:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LISBON, May 7 (Xinhua) - Europe s post-pandemic economic recovery will only succeed if it is fair and inclusive, said Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Friday as he opened the Porto Social Summit, an event hosted by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Echoing Costa s message, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasized that Europe is stronger when it is united by social programs. Together we are stronger, together we can make our social rules work for all Europeans. Together we can deliver on Europe s promise, she said. ....