Civic engagement

Vote list 9!

 

For U4U, civil servants and other European agents are not bureaucrats, but actors in the construction of Europe, which is their reason for being. Similarly, and surveys confirm this, European civil servants are very often engaged in society, defending European values through the fight for equality and solidarity, against precariousness, and more recently, against global warming. To support this commitment :

 

We will continue to support the think tank GRASPE, as we have since its inception. This journal is run by civil servants of various persuasions to reflect on the future of the civil service and its role in the construction of Europe. It is recognised by academic institutions and followed by tens of thousands of civil servants;
 

Together with other European (and Brussels-based) associations, we have set up the European Citizens' Platform (ECP), in order to reflect on European construction outside the institutions, and even to organise rallies in its favour, such as those held on 9 May;
 

We have created a website (Europe solidaire) dedicated to European construction and including a library of articles on the European civil service. This site is consulted each month by several thousand people;
 

We support and promote the actions of EUStaff4Climate;
 

We have initiated a new form of exchange, in the form of virtual cafés on subjects of general interest, in order to give a voice to all those who have inspiring projects, experiences and initiatives;

 

We want to promote the environmental dimension at the heart of the criteria in the choice of building location (offices, crèches, day-care centres, schools), the design of work spaces, the selection of materials, energy performance;

 

A better mobility strategy should be devised and, to this end, collaboration with the Belgian authorities on issues such as public transport, cycle paths, compliance with emission and noise standards, etc. In addition, there should be free parking and drop-off parking near schools and central day-care centres;

 

We support the objective of a "sustainable canteen" label for our collective catering, including in crèches and day-care centres.