Debating Europe's policy choices for a Renewed Social Contract

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28Feb2024

starts 16:00

ends 18:00

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What should the next European Parliament and Commission focus their mandate on? We believe it should be on delivering a Renewed Social Contract, which rethinks the ways in which citizens, the private sector, civil society and public institutions interact for public good.

Friends of Europe captured the need for a Renewed Social Contract in the form of 10 policy choices for a Renewed Social Contract for Europe, which we launched in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (WEISS S2.2) on 28 February (16.00 to 17.00 CET). These policy choices are supported by findings from focus groups with 2,024 citizens in 7 European countries, the outcomes of which are captured in Debating Europe’s 2024 Voices – Citizens Speak Up! report.

What better way to launch policy choices than to debate them?

Confirmed MEPs included our co-hosts for this event MEP Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, member of the European People’s Party (EPP), MEP Brando Benifei, member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Heidi Hautala, Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament, and MEP Dragoș Tudorache, member of Renew Europe.

Our report is a product of collective inputs from a broad coalition of partners and sectors across Europe and the world. Because we believe not joining up the dots in the next EU mandate is not an option, we are launching 10 policy choices.

This event took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Follow us onTwitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and join the #RenewedSocialContract discussion!

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Report | 10 policy choices for a Renewed Social Contract for Europe
Report | 2024 Voices – Citizens Speak Up!
Initiative | Renewed Social Contract

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Debating Europe's policy choices

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Is it time to change how decisions are made? (e.g. how we include citizens into decision-making)
How should members of parliaments improve trust?
How can we expect the management of AI and other digital technologies to influence European competitiveness, address climate change, and affect the cost-of-living crisis? Is there a trade-off between how we manage AI and the other areas?

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Brando Benifei is a Member of the European Parliament and is the Head of the Italian S&D MEP Delegation. Benifei was also the Co-Chair of the MEP Heart Group, where he worked to raise cardiovascular diseases as a priority on the EU political agenda. A former member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO), he was the rapporteur for the Single Market Programme and shadow rapporteur for the European Social Fund Plus. Benifei received the MEP Award for his work on employment, social affairs and youth unemployment.

In his former position at the European Parliament, Dragos Tudorache analysed the challenges of deploying artificial intelligence and its future impact on the EU economy. Tudorache has a long history of public service in Romania, previously serving as Head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Minister of Communications and for the Digital Society, and Minister of Interior. Before his election to the European Parliament, he held a number of positions at the European Comission, including managing strategic projects such as the Schengen Information System, Visa Information System and the establishment of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems (eu-LISA).

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