Financial crisis
Redefining markets in a democracy
George Papandreou
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis that began in 2008, Greece found itself at the centre of a sovereign debt crisis in Europe. This latest crisis has highlighted systemic flaws that are shaking the fundamentals of the European Union. These developments have had implications for the whole world.
First of all, these developments demonstrate how right we were when we called for decisive action to be taken by the governments of Europe and globally...
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SI denounces Syrian defiance of growing calls to cease violence
28 November 2011
Syria continues to ignore international calls to end an eight-month campaign of violence against its own people.
The 22-member Arab League, which has taken a clear stand against the ongoing violence and repression of the Syrian people at the hands of the Assad regime, voted on Saturday to freeze Syrian assets and place an embargo on investments in an unprecedented move after Syria failed to comply with the League’s demands to allow an observer mission into the country...
The 22-member Arab League, which has taken a clear stand against the ongoing violence and repression of the Syrian people at the hands of the Assad regime, voted on Saturday to freeze Syrian assets and place an embargo on investments in an unprecedented move after Syria failed to comply with the League’s demands to allow an observer mission into the country...
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SI supports Tahrir Square demands for civilian rule
23 NOVEMBER 2011
Egyptians are again in the streets as thousands of people gather in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a fifth day to denounce the country’s slow transition to democracy.
The protests, which erupted last weekend, have since spread to the city’s streets, with Egyptians continuing to vent their anger at the country’s ruling military council, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi...
World
We are all indignados
18 OCTOBER 2011
A feeling of unrest is sweeping the world. In recent days and weeks we have seen thousands of citizens from all walks of life gather in cities around the world to peacefully express their demands for fundamental change. This growing movement by indignados, outraged citizens protesting, has been characterised by the diversity of those taking to the streets to march, protest and occupy. The demonstrations have spread to the major financial centres, from the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York to protests in the City of London and at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Thousands have marched in the streets of Santiago, Tokyo and Cairo...
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Cameroon: in search of true democracy
20 OCTOBER 2011
Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 9 October 2011, with twenty three official candidates, among them John Fru Ndi, leader of the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Front, SDF, an SI member, with the results expected to be announced by the Supreme Court in the next few days.
The Secretary General of the Socialist International, Luis Ayala, was present for these elections, following an earlier visit to Cameroon with a delegation of the Socialist International in August this year to make the case for the holding of free and fair elections in that country...
IPU
Parlamentarians from SI parties at IPU Assembly in Bern
17 OCTOBER 2011
In conjunction with the 125th IPU Assembly in Bern, the Socialist International held a meeting of parliamentarians from parties belonging to the International. The parliamentarians, among them representatives from Africa, Europe and Latin America, gathered, as they have done at previous IPU Assemblies...
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Opposition gathers pace in Syria
19 SEPTEMBER 2011
Hundreds of opponents of the brutal regime of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad have come together in Damascus in a bid to unite the country’s opposition groups and pave the way for democracy. After five months of violent unrest across Syria, leading anti-government figures attended an assembly a short distance from the Syrian capital on Saturday...
COP17
Making the case for meaningful agreements at COP17
07-09 December 2011
www.papandreou.gr
The President of the Socialist International George Papandreou, the SI Secretary General Luis Ayala and the South African Minister of Home Affairs and member of the SI Commission for a Sustainable World Society Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma took part in a series of special meetings on 7-9 December during the high-level segment of the COP17/CMP7 summit in Durban...
SWS Commission
SI Commission and environment ministers set priorities and targets for Durban
30-31 October 2011
The Socialist International Commission for a Sustainable World Society and environment ministers from member parties of the International met in Johannesburg, South Africa on 30-31 October 2011, to discuss the social democratic priorities for the COP17...
Special Committee on the Arab World
The spirit of Crete: democracy and freedom for the people of the Arab nations
28-29 October 2011
Latifa Perry
The Special Committee on the Arab World of the Socialist International established at the SI Council held in Athens on July 2011 held its constituent meeting on the island of Crete on 28-29 October 2011 hosted by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), under the main theme, “For a new society of rights and freedoms: winning the transition to democracy in the Arab world...
SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean
Committee convenes in Porto Alegre
24-25 October 2011
Latifa Perry
Gathering in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, hosted by the Democratic Labour Party, PDT, the Socialist International Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean recently held its second meeting of the year, on 24-25 October...
SI Asia-Pacific Committee
Strengthening democracy and pursuing sustainable and fair economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region
07-08 October 2011
‘Combining economic growth with environmental responsibility: the dual challenge of development’ and ‘Advancing social democracy in the Asia-Pacific region’ were the main themes on the agenda of the recent meeting of the Socialist International Asia-Pacific Committee, which took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 7-8 October, hosted by the SI the member party in that country, the Mongolian People’s Party...
Presidium
SI Presidium at the UN: For a common strategy out of the crisis
23 September 2011
Latifa Perry
The fourth annual meeting of the SI Presidium and Heads of State and Government from the social democratic movement took place at the United Nations Headquarters on Friday 23 September, in conjunction with the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly...
Upcoming
Meeting of the Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources, Rabat |
9-10 JANUARY 2012
SI Council meeting, San José |
23-24 JANUARY 2012
Elections
Jamaica
Parliamentary elections |
29 DECEMBER
Kazakhstan
Parliamentary elections |
15 JANUARY 2012
Finland
Presidential elections |
22 JANUARY 2012
Member Party Congresses
Netherlands
Labour Party, Congress, Den Bosch |
21-22 JANUARY
Spain
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Seville |
3-5 FEBRUARY
Japan
Social Democratic Party, Tokyo |
24-25 FEBRUARY
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XXIII Congress
Athens Council
Arab world - Middle East peace - nuclear energy
1-2 july 2011
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