MANIFESTO NFI 2007 MANIFESTO FOR A NEW EUROPE - ΜΑΝΙΦΕΣΤΟ ΓΙ | Page 2

Manifesto for a New Europe Table of contents Introduction.......................................................................................................... 3 Europe today ........................................................................................................ 3 Goals .................................................................................................................... 3 Sustainability ........................................................................................................ 3 Public goods and services ..................................................................................... 4 Global responsibility.............................................................................................. 4 North-South ......................................................................................................... 4 Ecology................................................................................................................. 4 Peace.................................................................................................................... 4 Anti-discrimination, gender equality and democracy............................................. 4 Friends of Nature are called upon to act ............................................................... 5 A sustainable Europe – Committed to social justice, solidarity, democracy and peace ............................................................................. 6 Economic globalisation – for the eradication of poverty and underdevelopment ........................................... 6 Neoliberal hegemony – for a socially just economic policy ..................................... 7 New world order and ‘new wars’ – for peaceful conflict resolution in an multipolar world............................................ 8 Individualism and precarisation – for a Europe informed by solidarity..................... 8 Demographic development and social insecurity – for a new inter-generational contract................................................................... 10 Gender discrimination – for equality of men and woman ..................................... 11 Tourism – for social, economic and ecological sustainability ................................. 12 Migration – for an immigration policy informed by human rights......................... 13 Discrimination and racism – for a Europe of diversity ........................................... 14 Gene technology and research – for consistent technology monitoring................ 14 Climate change and scarcityof resources – for an environmentally friendly and resource-savong energy policiy......................................................... 15 The EU as an economic space – for a sustainable Europe ..................................... 16 Democratic deficits in the EU – Europe as a democracy and rule-of-law project ...................................................................... 17 Imprint Edited by: International Friends of Nature, A-1150 Vienna, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-Mail: [email protected]. Respon- sible for the content: Christian Baumgartner. Text: Otto Penz and Birgit Sauer; Herbert Brückner; Christian Baumgartner. Graphic: Hilde Matouschek. Type: Florian Rosenberg. Published: March 2007