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Manifesto for an intergenerationally just post-growth European economy

In this manifesto, we call for a change in the current economic system and introduce specific and actionable policy proposals directed at EU policymakers, outlining how this change can be achieved.

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Το να προχωρήσουμε πέρα από την ανάπτυξη δεν είναι μόνο επιθυμητό, αλλά και απαραίτητο

Με αυτό το τριήμερο συνέδριο, που συγκεντρώνει ομιλητές υψηλού επιπέδου- από τις υπηρεσίες χάραξης πολιτικής της ΕΕ, από τον ακαδημαϊκό χώρο, τα συνδικάτα, τις επιχειρήσεις και τις οργανώσεις της κοινωνίας των πολιτών- στόχος μας είναι να αμφισβητήσουμε τη συμβατική χάραξη πολιτικής στην ΕΕ και να επαναπροσδιορίσουμε τους κοινωνικούς στόχους σε όλους τους τομείς

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An open manifesto for a post-growth EU

The undersigned academics and civil society organisations, see the geopolitical crisis as an opportunity to disengage from the socially and ecologically harmful growth competition and instead embrace a wellbeing cooperation.

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Olivia Lazard: 'Degrowth needs a strong geopolitical and geo-economic proposition'

More than a break with extraction and growth, so far it looks like different version of the same pathway that is straining the planet's limits. Can moving beyond growth help land societies in a more stable future?

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No economy on a dead planet: why we need to move beyond “growth” to a sustainable economic system

Philippe Lamberts explains why we need a shift to a new, sustainable economic model and how the Beyond Growth Conference 2023 will help shape the journey to a fairer, greener society.

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Bringing Europe’s Economic Governance Down to Earth

 
 
 
 

The Green European Journal asked European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni and Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament Philippe Lamberts if Europe can fight inequality and protect the planet without growth.

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Ir más allá del crecimiento no sólo es deseable, es esencial

 
 
 
 
 
 

En efecto, el modelo económico actual, basado en un crecimiento sin fin, ha alcanzado sus límites.

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“Not growing but thriving”: The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift

 
 
 
 

What if the European Union transformed itself to meet the people’s needs without pushing beyond planetary boundaries? The Green European Journal sat down with Kate Raworth, the renegade thinker and author of Doughnut Economics, to talk prosperity beyond growth.

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Moving beyond growth is not only desirable - it is essential

 
 
 
 

The pursuit of growth at all costs has created a global economic system that is fragile and vulnerable to shocks, and this needs to change, a group of European Parliament Members (MEPs) write.

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« Nous devons sortir du dogme de la croissance » : l’appel de 18 eurodéputés

 
 
 
 
 

Philippe Lamberts et dix-sept autres députés européens issus de cinq groupes politiques différents demandent, dans une tribune au « Monde », une nouvelle stratégie globale pour une économie européenne de postcroissance qui intègre des objectifs sociaux et environnementaux.

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Euronews debate

 
 
 
 

Euronews Correspondent Sasha Vakulina and a panel of top policymakers and experts discuss how financial well-being, rising inequality and the cost-of-living crisis might be better tackled outside of standardised GDP outlooks, ahead of the Beyond Growth 2023 Conference.

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The Man Bringing Beyond Growth to Brussels

 
 
 

Listen how Philippe Lamberts is advancing one of the most progressive agendas ever to reach the upper echelons of the EU power structure.

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From growth to 'beyond growth': Concepts and challenges

This study from the European Parliamentary Research Service introduces participants and other stakeholders and interested parties to the debate on going beyond growth.

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