Conferences Ferpa overview of the May 5/6 Plenary and the closing ceremony of the Conference for the Future of Europe Jun 2022 In a closing ceremony in Strasbourg on May 9, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the Council Presidency, President Emmanuel Macron, and President ofthe European Commission Ursula von der Leyen received the final Report on the outcome of the Conference In her... Read more
Conferences Ferpa Secretariat participated to the webinar “Calling for an EU framework directive on minimum income” Apr 2022 Ferpa Secretariat participated to the webinar “Calling for an EU framework directive on minimum income” held on 30/3/2022 and organized by ETUC Here the summary report: Participants for FERPA: Agostino SICILIANO, Secretary General; Henri LOURDELLE, FERPA Special Advisor and note taker and... Read more
Europe Etuc No to war – Full solidarity with the Ukrainian population Mar 2022 No to war - Full solidarity with the Ukrainian population At their meeting on 9 and 10 March, the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Retired and Elderly People (FERPA), which includes representatives of 41 organisations from 21 European countries, expressed their solidarity with... Read more
Ces Extraordinary ETUC Executive Committee with Ukrainian and Georgian trade unions Mar 2022 On 1 March 2022, from 4 to 6 pm, an extraordinary ETUC Executive Committee was held in virtual mode, with the participation of representatives of Ukrainian and Georgian trade unions, to take stock of the situation following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and to adopt a draft resolution... Read more
Conferences Ferpa’s Manifesto Feb 2022 Read HERE the new Ferpa's Manifesto These are a summary of the contents of the Manifesto, which were illustrated in detail in the Mid-term Conference: contrast to the poverty of the elderly in all its forms; right to decent pensions, with attention to gender specificities; the right to long-term,... Read more
Europe Etuc Visentini and Siciliano’s letter of solidarity to Turkish pensioners’ union EMEKELI-SEN Jan 2022 Letters of solidarity from the General Secretary of Ces Luca Visentini and the General Secretary of Ferpa Agostino Siciliano to Turkish pensioners' union EMEKELI-SEN Dear Colleagues, The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons (FERPA)... Read more
