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Social rights

UEL Chair Kox: European austerity undermines human rights of European citizens

Posted on November 19, 2016 by The UEL Group

  At an international conference in Copenhagen (19-20 November), UEL Chair Tiny Kox emphasized that European austerity policy is undermining social and democratic rights of European citizens. Referring to earlier reports  of Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks… Continue Reading →

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Senator M Elzinga: “A new political vision aimed at ending austerity programmes is needed to ensure social rights”

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Anna K

“In the area of social rights, the EU and the Council of Europe need to be complementary; whilst the EU has to ensure social rights through technical and budgetary decisions, the Council ensures political oversight of standards and their implementation,”… Continue Reading →

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  • Statement by the UEL Bureau on the Federal Elections in Germany
  • UEL supports PACE’s call for commitment to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and pursue Long-Term peace solutions
  • UEL co-chair Hunko requests the PACE President to seek the Venice Commission’s opinion on the Romanian Constitutional Court’s annulment of the presidential election
  • UEL co-chairs deplore the use of the trustee mechanism by Türkiye
  • UEL welcomes released political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Julian Assange in the Council of Europe
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