{"id":34851,"date":"2024-05-24T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=34851"},"modified":"2024-05-24T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:05:20","slug":"manifesto-european-mobilization-against-increasing-militarization-and-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=34851","title":{"rendered":"Manifesto: European mobilization against increasing militarization and wars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

Excerpts from the website of Nomilitarism<\/a> translated by CPNN with English version of Manifesto received by email<\/p>\n

On the occasion of the European elections on June 9, 2024, we are promoting a European mobilization against growing militarization and wars.<\/p>\n

We have started with a Manifesto signed by a wide range of organizations, movements and groups.<\/p>\n

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The manifesto will be presented before the electoral campaign, at public events in each locality in front of significant buildings that each territorial assembly will decide, taking into account the target audience (public institutions, parties…) and the communicative capacity (photo, video…) for a good media coverage.<\/p>\n

It is proposed to present it publicly in all possible towns on May 23 in the morning, as a common date
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\nThe manifesto can also be sent to political parties, parliaments and national and European governments by mail or fax, registered as a petition and, of course, disseminated through the networks starting on May 23.<\/p>\n

Territorial organizations and assemblies can take other actions to support the campaign.<\/p>\n

Manifesto<\/strong><\/p>\n

NO TO MILITARIZATION AND NO TO WAR
\nFor a Europe of d\u00e9tente, peace, and shared security<\/strong><\/p>\n

For months now, European political leaders have been laying the groundwork to prepare us for war. Regardless of whether the risk for a large-scale conflict is in fact real or overstated, the continent\u2019s economies are already shifting towards war-time public budgets, and the dire consequences of this are already being felt as the cost of living is becoming unaffordable for large segments of the European population.<\/p>\n

History teaches us that progressive steps towards militarization always constitute a prelude to war, and for years they have been building a discursive framework that only serves to legitimize and justify it. In 2014, members of NATO all agreed to increase their respective defense budgets to at least 2% of their GDP. After the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the political priorities of NATO and the EU have shifted towards boosting their countries’ spending on acquiring new weapons, reintroducing compulsory military service, financing the military industrial complex to produce more, and creating more funding streams to develop new, more lethal and autonomous prototypes.<\/p>\n

The EU has been stoking fears of a possible Russian invasion of Europe to garner public support for its policy of rearmament and militarization. Military expenditures by EU member states reached \u20ac289.3 billion in 2023, which represented an increase of more than 21.3 % since 2022. Adding EU community spending (\u20ac7.537 billion) and the expenditures of the United Kingdom and Norway (\u20ac77.323 billion), total military spending amounts to \u20ac374 billion, the second largest in the world, only behind the United States, and nearly four times that of Russia (\u20ac100 billion).<\/p>\n

The European Union has been implementing a policy of military
\ndeterrence that is proving absurd: it seeks to showcase its greater power and destructive capabilities to the adversary in order to dissuade any attack, but this self-destructive policy will inevitably lead to tensions escalating, an arms race, and a bellicose spiral, with the looming threat of a nuclear war, the catastrophic consequences being the destruction of life on the planet several times
\nover.<\/p>\n

On June 9th, European elections will be held, and we consider it an opportunity to raise our demands to the political forces participating. This is crucial; either we choose to promote policies of peace, d\u00e9tente, and shared security, or we will end up in a militaristic escalation. Increasing defense spending means reducing resources to counter climate change, reduce inequalities and improve health, gender equity, harmonize salaries, or uphold the rights of all citizens.<\/p>\n

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(Click here for the original Spanish version <\/a> of this article.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Question related to this article:<\/div>\n
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How can the peace movement become stronger and more effective?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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For all these reasons, the signing organizations propose:<\/p>\n

\u25cf To advocate for d\u00e9tente, moving away from NATO’s threatening rhetoric and arms spirals, activating disarmament, opening the doors to dialogue and mutual trust with the aim of de-escalating conflicts through the use of diplomacy, negotiation, cooperation, and non-violence. These policies should lead to the end of armed violence in Ukraine, Palestine, and other places in the world. It is necessary to resume the commitment of the 1990s to a common and shared security without exclusions in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u25cf To promote a foreign policy oriented towards peace, focused on human security, through instruments such as mediation,
\ndiplomacy, defense of human rights, or civil intervention in
\nconflicts in order to build peace.<\/p>\n

\u25cf To promote spaces for dialogue among social movements,
\nacademics, and politicians aimed at developing proposals for
\npeace policies, civilian peace corps, civil defense, and unarmed security. Enhancing human and economic resources for the military-industrial conversion to civilian productive sectors of interest.<\/p>\n

\u25cf To actively promote environmental peace grounded in scientific principles, with clear and secure decarbonization policies that minimize and repair the damages that will affect future generations. To promote policies that impact the improvement of people’s daily lives.<\/p>\n

\u25cf To promote a human security policy focused on people’s needs, with their involvement and participation.<\/p>\n

Initial signatories:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b0 Centre Del\u00e0s d\u2019Estudis per la Pau
\n\u00b0 Fundipau
\n\u00b0 Institut NOVACT de Noviol\u00e8ncia
\n\u00b0 UNIPAU
\n\u00b0 Lafede.cat \u2013 organitzacions per a la just\u00edcia global
\nCoordinadora d\u2019ONG Solid\u00e0ries de les comarques gironines i l\u2019Alt Maresme,
\n\u00b0 Coordinadora d\u2019ONG pel Desenvolupament, la Defensa dels Drets Humans i la Pau de Tarragona
\n\u00b0 Campanya Aturemlesguerres.cat
\n\u00b0 Plataforma Desmilitaritzem l\u2019Educaci\u00f3 de Catalunya
\n\u00b0 Fundaci\u00f3 Carta de la Pau dirigida a l\u2019ONU
\n\u00b0 Just\u00edcia i Pau
\n\u00b0 Federaci\u00f3 de la Xarxa de Cooperaci\u00f3 al Desenvolupament del Sud de Catalunya
\n\u00b0 Dones x Dones
\n\u00b0 CIEMEN
\n\u00b0 Alternativa Antimilitarista MOC\/ADNV Canarias
\n\u00b0 Ecologistas en Acci\u00f3n
\n\u00b0 Moviment d\u2019Objecci\u00f3 de Consci\u00e8ncia MOC-Val\u00e8ncia
\n\u00b0 Asamblea Antimilitarista de Madrid
\n\u00b0 Coordinadora de ONGD del Principado de Asturias
\n\u00b0 Plataforma Aturem la Guerra
\n\u00b0 Plataforma Catalunya per la pau
\n\u00b0 WILPF (Liga Internacional de Mujeres por la Paz y la Libertad)
\n\u00b0 Llegat Jaume Botey i Vall\u00e8s
\n\u00b0 Coordinadora Valenciana de ONGD
\n\u00b0 Comisi\u00f3n General Justicia y Paz
\n\u00b0 Coordinadora Galega de ONGD
\n\u00b0 Consell d\u2019Associacions de Barcelona
\n\u00b0 Ca la Dona
\n\u00b0 Alternativas Noviolentas
\n\u00b0 Mujeres de Negro contra la Guerra \u2013 Madrid
\n\u00b0 Escola de Cultura de Pau de la UAB
\n\u00b0 AIPAZ \u2013 Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Investigaci\u00f3n para la Paz
\n\u00b0 Fundaci\u00f3n Cultura de Paz
\n\u00b0 Movimiento Por la Paz -MPDL-
\n\u00b0 Comunitat Palestina de Catalunya
\n\u00b0 Prou Complicitat amb Israel
\n\u00b0 Campanya per la fi del Comer\u00e7 d\u2019armes amb Israel
\n\u00b0 UGT de Catalunya
\n\u00b0 CCOO de Catalunya
\n\u00b0 \u00d2mnium Cultural<\/p>\n

Sign the Manifesto<\/a><\/p>\n

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