If this newsletter doesn't display properly, click here Newsletter 16 December 2014 We cordially thank our members, observers and friends for assisting transform! europe’s activities and wish you pleasant holidays and a prosperous new year!  Featured Article Greek Government Calls Time On Presidency Earlier Than Expected As a result of “agonies” gripping it, the Greek government has brought forward the presidential elections and has called the parliament to anticipate the election of a new president. [read more... ] Blog What is the True Plan of Mr. Juncker? By Christian Pilichowski European Commission’s president Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled on Wednesday 26 November his €315 bn investment plan to – in his opinion – kick-start EU growth and create one million jobs. Between empty announcement effects and further attacks on labour, what is the true plan of Mr. Juncker? [read more... ] The Crisis of European Social Democracy and the Radical Left By Walter Baier Both statistics and political science research show that European Social Democracy is currently undergoing the most serious crisis since its foundation. [read more... ] The Consequences of the TTIP on Labour: a Disaster Waiting to Happen By Adoración Guamán The seventh round of TTIP (the Free-Trade Agreement between the United States and the European Union) negotiations took place two months ago and the information that we have about the future Treaty remains limited and deeply biased. Its undeniable impact on the rights of workers on both sides of the... [read more... ] Swedish Politics Up in the Air By Petter Nilsson Going into 2015, everything about the Swedish political landscape is up in the air. In a country where the social democrats held power – singlehandedly or supported by one or two other parties – during almost all of the 20th century, they are now unable to form even a coalition capable of getting... [read more... ] Moldovan Elections 2014 Technologies of Democracy and Living Contradictions in Eastern Europe By Ovidiu Tichindeleanu The parliamentary elections in Moldova from 30 November should be a subject of interest for the global and European left. [read more... ] Workshop Report Re-Launching Industry for a European Productive-Social Transformation By Maxime Benatouil Over 20 participants from across Europe gathered in Paris on 8 and 9 December on the occasion of a transform! workshop dedicated to the re-launch of industry in Europe. [read more... ] Conference Report Police Democratization in Europe By Theofanis Papageorgiou Between 21 and 23 November, the Nicos Poulantzas Institute in cooperation with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and the transform! network held an international workshop in the Athens Chamber of Crafts on the issue of “Democratization of Police in Europe”. [read more... ] Michel Bauwens in Athens Applied Policies on ‘Common Goods’: Results, Experiences and Future Goals By Sotiris Koskoletos, Theodora Kotsaka Short report of an open event and a set of seminars on common goods, peer-to-peer modes of production and cooperative economy, organised by the Nicos Poulantzas Institute in Athens from 8 to 13 November. [read more... ] New Documentary Film Who is Saving Whom? Who is saving whom? Are the rich saving the poor? The politicians saving the banks? The bank rescue funds saving Europe? Or are the taxpayers saving some few individuals? To whose advantage is the so-called crisis? The new documentary film from Leslie Franke and Herdolor Lorenz sheds some light on... [read more... ] Open call for artists and partners European Grandma Project The European Grandma Project is a cultural cooperation project in Europe, that aims to explore Europe’s history through its female narratives. [read more... ] Publications First Report – October 2014 Left Industrial Policy / Productive Transformation For Europe By Maxime Benatouil, Elisabeth Gauthier This is the first report of the new project dedicated to a Left Industrial Policy / Productive Transformation for Europe. It aims at presenting the preliminary results of the work undertaken by a Transform! interdisciplinary Working Group composed of economists, trade unionists and historians – as... [read more... ] Share this email with your friends or visit us on: Contact us Authors: Subscribe to the transform! newsletter The transform! newsletter is a free email sent by our network straight to your inbox. To sign up for the newsletter go to our website www.transform-network.net and select your preferred language. If you want to unsubscribe please click here.