Category: Advocacy
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Support our call for an Intergroup on Age Equality!
On 2 October 2024, to mark the International Day of Older Persons 2024, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Idoia Mendía, Marina Kaljurand and Marcos Ros Sempere, invited MEPs for a debate with representatives of AGE Platform Europe, the European Youth Forum and Eurocarers. Central themes in the discussions were:…
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Interest Group on Solidarity between Generations 2019-2024 – what has it achieved?
In the EP legislature 2019-2024, the Interest Group on Solidarity between Generations, chaired by Milan Brglez and Jaroslaw Duda, ensured that older persons were part of the considerations of policymakers and that the principle of solidarity between generations was not forgotten, especially during the COVID and energy crises.
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AGE Manifesto explainer #1: Age equality
In January, AGE launched the AGE Manifesto in the European Parliament, calling on future Members of the European Parliament to promote age equality, foster participation & active ageing, and ensure autonomy and well being. Before the elections, we will publish three Manifesto explainers, aiming to provide future EU officials with detailed…
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AGE Manifesto launched at the European Parliament
The event, hosted by MEP Milan Brglez and MEP Jarosław Duda on 24 January, featured speakers from the Cabinet of Vice President Suica, European Commission, and Members of the European Parliament, offering insights into the challenges and accomplishments of the current legislature and vision for the next one.
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Regranting: AGE members’ mobilization for the European elections 2024
Six months to go, and all European citizens will elect their representatives at the next European Parliament for the period 2024-2029. Ahead of this electoral appointment, AGE financed three small-scale projects in 2023, aimed to align the commitments of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) candidates to AGE proposal for…
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European Political Conference on Active, Healthy And Dignified Ageing: paving the way for age equality in Cyprus and in the EU
Organised by The Cyprus Third Age Observatory (CTAO) as result of the first AGE regranting scheme, the high-level event on “Healthy and Dignified Ageing” mobilized six political groups and two candidates for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the upcoming European election around age and ageing. Under the auspices…
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Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity: A Crucial Element for the European Elections 2024
“Older and younger generations specifically call on the European Parliament to recognise the complementary contributions that younger and older people make to society, and to protect, respect, and fulfil the rights of all people living in the EU.” As the political landscape evolves and the challenges facing Europe become more…
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Cyprus: European Political Conference on Active, Healthy And Dignified Ageing
8th December 2023 – Larnaca, Presidential Palace, Cyprus CTAO – The Cyprus Third Age Observatory organises a European Political Conference, addressed to mobilize candidates MEPs to the next European election around age and ageing. The conference intends to gain support from 8 current and candidate MEPs in Cyprus on the…
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AGE presents its manifesto to the Renew Europe leadership
In October 2023, AGE met the Vice-President of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, Mr Malik Azmani of the Dutch VVD. Our Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary-General had an exchange on our EP manifesto, calling for a Europe for all ages, and the intergenerational declaration developed by AGE and…
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The next European Semester must focus more decidedly on ageing!
Autumn traditionally marks the start of the “European semester”, aimed to create synergies between the economic and social policies of EU countries. Despite a few – timid – positive measures, the proposals put forward by the European Commission fail to fully leverage the potential of an ageing population. The Semester…
AGE Manifesto for the European Parliament Elections 2024 