The President of the S&D Group (Socialists and Democrats) in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, said this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that the "future must be and will be social" and pledged to defend the social model of the European Union.
This is what Iratxe García said during the meeting organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, where she introduced the Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Esther Lynch.
García said that when we talk about a social Europe, it means that we are looking for quality jobs that offer decent wages and a work-life balance.
She also called for gender equality, explaining that "gender equality means equal rights, equal opportunities and equal pay for men and women".
The European Commission's Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, stated this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that "we should not be afraid of Chinese and American strategies because Europe is complying with its model".
At this event organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Vestager admitted that the European Commission's system "makes everything a little longer" but argued that "it gives us better access to education and health than any other continent".
She went on to say that "with all the things that need to be improved, we have the best environment and the cleanest air compared to any other continent and although everything is not perfect we are still the most equal on the planet".
The European Commission's Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, used the paradox of Schrödinger's cat, one of the principles of quantum physics, to explain the reason, in her view, behind the rise of populist forces in the latest European elections, at the Forum Europa in Brussels on Thursday.
In her speech at this event organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Vestager argued that the vote for the ultra formations occurs because "it is easier to think about opposing things than to accept the paradoxes that occur". "We live in a complex world, a world of paradoxes and sometimes it is really difficult to think about them," she added.
The European Commission's Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition, Ms. Margrethe Vestager, warned this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that the EU needs more electricity interconnections to avoid losing the excess electricity production that is sometimes generated in Spain thanks to renewable plants.
At this event organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Vestager stressed the importance of the European Union developing single electricity and telecommunications markets.
In this respect, the Vice-President recalled that on occasions "prices in Spain are negative due to all the renewable capacity that cannot leave", something that would not happen if "we had a single market".
Schinas rejects the concept of 'Homo Europaeus' and defends that "what unites us is a set of values"The Vice-President of the European Commission for Promoting of Our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, stated this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that what unites the citizens of the European Union is “a set of values on which we agree despite our diversity.”
During a meeting organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Margaritis Schinas commented on the Eurobarometer figures that indicate that 75% of the citizens of the Member States consider themselves European citizens.
Schinas considered this high percentage of people who identify with the European Union project to be very encouraging, but stated that the European way of life should not be based on a concept of "Homo Europaeus".