Brussels, 29 May 2008 - The European Network of Social Democratic Foundations (ENSoF), that the Fondazione Italianieuropei joined in the spring of 2007, presented at theEuropean Parliament its contribution to the consultaiont, launched last year by the Party of European Socialists, on the Manifesto for the 2009 European Elections.
Italianieuropei, together with the Fondazione Istituto Gramsci, has contributed with a paper on "New Social Europe". During the initiative in Brussels have presented three more papers on: "Europe in the World", "European Social Democracy and Diversity" and "Save Our Planet".
The papers have been realized during some workshops held, between January and May 2008, in Vienna, Sofia, Athens, Paris and Rome. To the discussion, together with Italianieuropei, participated:
Institute for Social Integration (ISI), Bulgaria
Fondation Jean-Jaurès (FJJ), France
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Germany
Institute of Strategic and Development Studies-Andreas Papandreou (ISTAME), Greece
Fundatia Institul Ovidiu Sincai, Romania
Fundacion Pablo Iglesias, Spain
Fondazione Istituto Gramsci, Italy
The ENSoF contribution to the PES Manifesto can be downloaded here .