I campaign for a Social Europe that prioritises people and communities over markets or nations. So what would our Social Europe look like? Scotland's two sitting Labour MEPs, David Martin and Catherine Stihler, have been at the forefront in pushing for a Europe that puts people first. Take a look at their Social Europe pamphlet here:
http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/uploads/231e506e-2fa7-2044-9d27-2d57ed46b28d.pdf
I have seen first hand that Social Europe can make an enormous difference. My first job as an EU civil servant in Brussels was to work with the European Social Fund, investing in people, their skills and their dreams. I had the privilege of being responsible for European social funding in Northern Ireland to underpin the peace process in the second half of the 1990s. That experience confirmed for me that Europe can be a powerful, progressive force, especially when it speaks directly with people and to their daily concerns.
Only the Labour Party - as part of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament - is campaigning to give people a fairer deal through a New Social Europe. Visit http://elections2009.pes.org/en/your-manifesto/your-manifesto and read the pledges we are signing up to alongside the 32 other labour, socialist, social democratic and progressive democratic parties that make up the Party of European Socialists.
Vote for a new direction for Europe on 4th June. Vote to put people first.
http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/uploads/231e506e-2fa7-2044-9d27-2d57ed46b28d.pdf
I have seen first hand that Social Europe can make an enormous difference. My first job as an EU civil servant in Brussels was to work with the European Social Fund, investing in people, their skills and their dreams. I had the privilege of being responsible for European social funding in Northern Ireland to underpin the peace process in the second half of the 1990s. That experience confirmed for me that Europe can be a powerful, progressive force, especially when it speaks directly with people and to their daily concerns.
Only the Labour Party - as part of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament - is campaigning to give people a fairer deal through a New Social Europe. Visit http://elections2009.pes.org/en/your-manifesto/your-manifesto and read the pledges we are signing up to alongside the 32 other labour, socialist, social democratic and progressive democratic parties that make up the Party of European Socialists.
Vote for a new direction for Europe on 4th June. Vote to put people first.
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