Federation of Young European Greens

The Federation of Young European Greens FYEG is launching a campaign on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, IDAHO, held on the 17th of May. The idea is simple: just change your profile picture in social media to one which demonstrates your sympathy and solidarity to the cause.

Members of the European Parliament have agreed new rules to cap roaming costs for travellers within the EU. FYEG welcomes the new agreement, adopted on thursday 10th of May, which will significantly reduce mobile roaming prices including data services. It marks a key step towards fullfilling the Digital Agenda for Europe, one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

Europe day – 9th of May, marks the founding of a supranational community bringing the countries of Europe closer together with the objectives of co-operation and peace. But even 62 years ago, when the declaration was signed, economic concerns were at the forefront of these efforts for unity. Today, economic challenges are also top of the agenda, as the Eurozone faces an ongoing currency crisis and austerity measures continue to hit citizens hard all around the Union, undoing much of the progress in living standards achieved in recent years.

The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) is looking to recruit a webmaster. This person will provide valuable technical assistance to the office and the Executive Committee (EC). Deadline for application is the 31st of May 2012.

FYEG would like to express its solidarity with demonstrators that celebrated the International Workers Day. The 1st of May is not and must not be an empty ritual of the past and celebration of past achievements, but linked to the crucial problems of our time, like the growing group of working poor in contingent work and terrible working conditions for workers outside the industrialized countries.

"The questions surrounding this day have never been outdated or overcome", commented Terry Reintke, FYEG co-spokesperson. "With the current wave of one sided austerity measures across Europe, the economic crisis is more and more becoming a social one. Many workers are directly concerned and their social rights threatened. "

FYEG supports legitimate protest about social cuts and inequalities perpatuated by the economic model and policies.

"A response to social needs represents a better goal to us than a short-sighted growth dogma and profit orientation", added Nic Schaefers, FYEG co-spokersperson. "For young people to have a decent future it's important to critically challenge these notions and integrate social and ecological criteria into how we measure economic perfomance."