Global news/press

  • 02/23/2012
    The Alternative World Water Forum (french acronym: Forum Alternatif Mondiale de l'Eau, FAME) will take place in Marseille, France from 14 March - 17 March 2012. On this occasion, FAME is organizing a Public Hearing at the European Parliament on 'The Alternatives for the European Year of Water', which will take place on Tuesday, 6 March...
  • 02/22/2012
      On the anniversary of the reform movement – launched in Morocco on 20 February exactly one year ago – Hannes Swoboda, Leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, visited the country to discuss future co-operation.  He met today with a series of high-level politicians in the country, including Morocco's Prime...
  • 02/22/2012
      Today the  European Commission announced that it  will ask for a legal ruling of the European Court of Justice  (ECJ)  on whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is incompatible with EU's fundamental rights and freedoms.   S&D Euro MP David Martin, responsible for the ACTA report in the...
  • 02/20/2012
      In the run-up to the Senegalese Presidential elections, a European delegation has been in Dakar and surrounding towns for seminars on comparative economic models and the linkage with democratic discourse. The delegation, composed of representatives from the Global Progressive Forum, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and the...
  • 02/17/2012
        In anticipation of the presidential elections in Senegal on 26 February 2012, a join European Foundation for Progressive Studies (FEPS) and Global progressive Forum (GPF) delegation – including researchers and elected officials – will go to Dakar to promote relations between the EU and Senegal and to support its democracy. http://www...