🌹 Affordable housing for all! l Your PES Group Newsletter

There's no place like home. In theory, yes. In practice, tens of millions of Europeans spend almost half of their income on housing and many more cannot afford to keep their homes adequately warm. Nearly 900,000 homelessness people sleep on the streets. For the #EuropeWeWant, it is high time to deliver progressive solutions that make sure everyone can afford a decent place to call home. Scroll down for more. 👇


🏠 Affordable Housing Needs Europe

How can we make sure everyone in Europe has access to affordable and sustainable housing? At our external Group meeting in Portimão, we adopted a declaration with 20 concrete requests on different aspects of housing policy. It was handed to Nicolas Schmit, common candidate of the Party of European Socialists for the 2024 European elections. Discover the declaration here.


🙌 Young local leaders stand up for #HousingForAll

Promoting social housing and mixed social neighborhoods, tackling energy poverty and providing access to housing for young people, planning cities in an inclusive way - many young elected local and regional leaders from all over Europe took part in the 2024 edition of our #ProgressivesSpeakUp School. ​ 


🌹 #SafePlace4Women: Next stop Budapest

The Hungarian capital has recently adopted a comprehensive strategy on preventing violence against women. Our member, the city’s Vice-mayor Kata Tüttő, has more.

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Interview: Budapest is combating violence against women
This interview with PES Group member Kata Tüttő, Vice-mayor of Budapest, is part of our #SafePlace4Women campaign and of our series #ProgressiveLocalStories, aimed at raising awareness on the many positive initiatives implemented by progressive cities and regions in Europe when it comes to promoting a social, fair and sustainable Europe.
PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions

📽️ Extra tip: Get inspired by our top 5 movies on women power.


❤️ #ProgressiveLocalStories

We love sharing what progressive cities and regions do, as they can inspire many others with their stories. This month, let's highlight the work of Nawal Ben Hamou, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Housing and Equal Opportunities, who promotes housing facilities for the LGBTIQ community.


What’s coming next?

✊ Call to Europe – The Future is Social

The annual Call to Europe event, organised by our political foundation FEPS, ​ takes place in Brussels on 30 April. Dedicated this year to the theme “The Future is Social”, it will discuss the power of social-democratic values in shaping a future which puts wellbeing & quality of life first. Be part of it!

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Call to Europe - The future is social - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
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Foundation for European Progressive Studies

🥂 Time to celebrate Europe

On Saturday 4 May 2024, the EU institutions in Brussels will open their doors to the public. From 10h00 to 18h00, dive into the world of progressive local and regional policies at our stand in the European Committee of the Regions!


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The Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES Group) in the European Committee of the Regions is a political group that brings together social democratic and progressive locally and regionally elected politicians from across the European Union. The Group aims at taking forward a progressive European vision with solidarity, sustainability, as well as social and territorial cohesion at its core.

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