*[Enwl-eng] You Move Europe: Intellectuals write to EU leaders

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      Over 200 intellectuals are calling on EU leaders to rise to the 
challenge of the coronavirus crisis. They demand a universal basic income, a 
programme to keep people employed, and massive support for public services 
and medical research. The letter is making big waves in the media across the 
world and is a chance to reach politicians in Brussels -- and to renew 
Europe.

      ADD YOUR SIGNATURE
This open letter was launched on our YouMove platform by a group of 
economists and academics and endorsed by numerous intellectuals, including 
Nobel-winning author Olga Tokarczuk, director Agnieszka Holland and the U.S. 
economist Jeffrey Sachs. We think it may interest you.
Hi,

Over 200 intellectuals from Europe and beyond signed an open letter to the 
leaders of the EU urging them to take decisive action during the coronavirus 
crisis. We face a choice between a renewed Europe or authoritarianism. What 
will we choose?

The letter asks Europe to reinvent itself through a universal basic income, 
support for enterprises in keeping people employed (in exchange for shares), 
help for public services and funds for European research on medicine and 
vaccine.

It demands European solidarity, living up to European values and asks not to 
repeat the mistakes of the crisis of 2008, which gave bailouts to big banks 
and forced Europeans into a decade of austerity.

Among the signatories are economists, academics, politicians, writers, 
directors and thinkers. Their call was published on the media all over the 
world, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Le Soir and El 
Pais. [1]

Right now we must use every single tool available to us to reach the 
decision-makers in Brussels and urge them to push Europe towards a radical 
shift. This letter is already making big waves. Will you add your signature?

            Sign!


Quotes from the letter:

“The solutions adopted to combat the pandemic will determine the future of 
liberal democracy, the economy and European integration.”

“Crisis is a time for making choices. On the one hand, it may lead us to the 
fall of the European Union and a slipping into chaos and authoritarianism. 
On the other, however, it can be a chance to renew the social agreement 
between Europe and its citizens."

Thank you!

In solidarity,

Marta (Warsaw), Giulio (Rome) and the entire WeMove team

P.S. Among the over 200 signatories of the letter there is the Nobel-prize 
winning writer Olga Tokarczuk, director Agnieszka Holland, political author 
Ulrike Guerot, historian Carlo Ginzburg, writer Fernando Savater and 
cultural theorist Mieke Bal and many others. Join them and sign!



References:
[1] The New York Times: 
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/08/world/europe/ap-eu-virus-outbreak-intellectuals-appeal.html
The Washington Post: 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/intellectuals-warn-of-chaos-if-eu-cant-find-solidarity/2020/04/08/1ecfa5c8-79a2-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html
El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/04/06/opinion/1586194386_346356.html
Le soir: 
https://plus.lesoir.be/292996/article/2020-04-07/il-faut-sauver-le-patient-europe
Gazeta Wyborcza: 
https://wyborcza.pl/7,162657,25850107,pacjentem-ktoremu-grozi-smierc-sa-europejskie-wartosci-ludzkie.html



You Move Europe is an online action platform dedicated to help making Europe 
a more democratic, environmentally and socially just place. You Move Europe 
puts power in your hands. If you have an idea to make Europe a better place, 
You Move Europe helps you make it a reality. Petitions on this platform are 
started and run by civil society groups and members of the public. WeMove.EU 
hosts these petitions and they are in line with our values but they are not 
necessarily endorsed by WeMove.EU.




From: Marta Tycner | WeMove.EU
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 2:34 PM
Subject: Intellectuals write to EU leaders



 
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