*[Enwl-eng] You Move Europe: Intellectuals write to EU leaders
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Over 200 intellectuals are calling on EU leaders to rise to the challenge of the coronavirus crisis. They demand a universal basic income, a programme to keep people employed, and massive support for public services and medical research. The letter is making big waves in the media across the world and is a chance to reach politicians in Brussels -- and to renew Europe. |
This open letter was launched on our YouMove platform by a group of economists and academics and endorsed by numerous intellectuals, including Nobel-winning author Olga Tokarczuk, director Agnieszka Holland and the U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs. We think it may interest you.
Hi,
Over 200 intellectuals from Europe and beyond signed an open letter to the leaders of the EU urging them to take decisive action during the coronavirus crisis. We face a choice between a renewed Europe or authoritarianism. What will we choose?
The letter asks Europe to reinvent itself through a universal basic income, support for enterprises in keeping people employed (in exchange for shares), help for public services and funds for European research on medicine and vaccine.
It demands European solidarity, living up to European values and asks not to repeat the mistakes of the crisis of 2008, which gave bailouts to big banks and forced Europeans into a decade of austerity.
Among the signatories are economists, academics, politicians, writers, directors and thinkers. Their call was published on the media all over the world, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Le Soir and El Pais. [1]
Right now we must use every single tool available to us to reach the decision-makers in Brussels and urge them to push Europe towards a radical shift. This letter is already making big waves. Will you add your signature?
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Quotes from the letter:
“The solutions adopted to combat the pandemic will determine the future of liberal democracy, the economy and European integration.”
“Crisis is a time for making choices. On the one hand, it may lead us to the fall of the European Union and a slipping into chaos and authoritarianism. On the other, however, it can be a chance to renew the social agreement between Europe and its citizens."
Thank you!
In solidarity,
Marta (Warsaw), Giulio (Rome) and the entire WeMove team
P.S. Among the over 200 signatories of the letter there is the Nobel-prize winning writer Olga Tokarczuk, director Agnieszka Holland, political author Ulrike Guerot, historian Carlo Ginzburg, writer Fernando Savater and cultural theorist Mieke Bal and many others. Join them and sign!
References:
[1] The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/08/world/europe/ap-eu-virus-outbreak-intellectuals-appeal.html
The
Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/intellectuals-warn-of-chaos-if-eu-cant-find-solidarity/2020/04/08/1ecfa5c8-79a2-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html
El
Pais:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/04/06/opinion/1586194386_346356.html
Le
soir:
https://plus.lesoir.be/292996/article/2020-04-07/il-faut-sauver-le-patient-europe
Gazeta
Wyborcza:
https://wyborcza.pl/7,162657,25850107,pacjentem-ktoremu-grozi-smierc-sa-europejskie-wartosci-ludzkie.html
You Move Europe is an online action platform dedicated to help making Europe a more democratic, environmentally and socially just place. You Move Europe puts power in your hands. If you have an idea to make Europe a better place, You Move Europe helps you make it a reality. Petitions on this platform are started and run by civil society groups and members of the public. WeMove.EU hosts these petitions and they are in line with our values but they are not necessarily endorsed by WeMove.EU.
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