who are elected by the General Assembly with a twoone-year mandate

whose mandate can be renewed twothree times

whose mandate can be renewed two timesonce

Two thirdsThree-quarters of the Executive Committee can propose dismissal of an Executive Committee member.

Secretary-General, the Secretary-General is dismissed.The Executive Committee can propose dismissal of the Secretary General, with two-thirdsthree-quarters of the votes of the members of the EC. The Member Organisations must be notified within 8 days

their power and ignore user rights. Though there are save and secure free and open source alternatives available forto almost every software tool and service the big tech companies offer at the moment. FYEG does not only support andwill act politically to dismantling tech giants and demonopolising, de-monopolising digital offerings and the digital sphere, but also strives for the internal use of open source software and services, and supports regulators to set the highest possible standards in terms of user rights, digital security and privacy.

Open-Source commitment

To support these aims and particularly ease the transition for users – no matter be it people, NGOs, the private or the public sector – we call for the EU-Parliament and Parliaments of Non-EU European countries to create funding programs with the objective to develop Free and Open Source Software through independent software developers. There should be similar programs which support the development of open source software libraries which substitute patented software which is at the moment one of the barriers for the wider use open source software.
Furthermore legal foundations must be created which define a timeline until when open source software must be in use in public institutions and institutions which operate with public money (partly or fully) or fulfil a public mandate.

As a principle FYEG:

• will adopt open source tools (as defined by the Free Software Foundation) for developing its work.

• will run free software on its own computers, especially those to be used in public.

• will use open formats for all public communications, publications and materials transmitted.

• will avoid the use of non-open-source, non-free contents in its website and all online tools.

• will ask for open formats to be used in documents officially addressed to FYEG.

The use of non-free software may be justified when no similar free software is available and when the objective cannot be reached by combining open source tools.

Security

At least one FYEG official e-mail address will count with a GPG signature. All official e-mail communications from FYEG shall be digitally signed. The public key will be made available to the public.

Privacy and individual rights

In order to protect the privacy of individuals participating in any FYEG activities:

• no pictures shall be posted on public sites or social networks without the explicit consent of the individuals who can be identified in them.

• mailing lists archives and MO listings shall be kept accessible only by its members.

The Executive Committee adopts a privacy policy that shall be accessible on its website, in line with legal requirements and adapts said document timely in case requirements and/or circumstances change and/or evolve.

● The European Union and state members’individual European countries to stop subsidizing massive tourism activities and fossil-fuel activities and prioritizing alternative modes of

intimidation and threats against democratic states around the world, especially neighbouring countries,. as well as iIntensified its disinformation campaigns, interference in the political processes of independent states, and imposing

War brings a lot of tragedy and changes to the lives of people in the country at war, destroying families and destinies.

adoption into Russian families, placement in boarding schools, and re-education camps.Thousands of civilians have been killed during the Russian occupation, and many more have been subjected
to repressions and torture, infiltration, abduction, persecution, sexual violence, or forced deportation.

Russia practices the illegal deportation of children to the territory of Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea and forced adoption into Russian families, placement in boarding schools, and re-education in camps.
Russian troops, using
terrorist methods, have deliberately
targeted residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

The resilience of the Ukrainian people is inspiring, a people who have been fighting for their identity and independence for more than a century.

We highly appreciate the support and assistance to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people provided by the international community.However, as long as Ukraine does not expel the Russian army from its territory, as long as Russia's political and economic influence on Ukraine's development as a full-fledged European state continues, the Ukrainian people will not be able to overcome Moscow's imperial ambitions.

Unfortunately, the Soviet Union lives on, and it lives on in the Russian political elite, in most of the Russian people, and unfortunately in some of the countries of the former Warsaw Pact. The international community should demand demilitarization and denuclearization of the Russian Federation to reduce the risks of future aggression. Continue to support Ukrainian war refugees, facilitate their integration into the society of the host country, and provide them with employment,
education and creating conditions for the realization of the rights of of Ukrainian refugees .

• - unite, be more persuasive and counter Russian propaganda, defend the foundations of democracy, the rule of law and European values.

• - Increase and accelerate political, military and humanitarian support for Ukraine

• - To be more decisive in targeting countries and their governments, businesses, and individuals that provide military assistance to Russia or help it circumvent sanctions

• - Intensify efforts to investigate Russia's military, political, and economic crimes in Ukraine in order to bring those responsible to justice and public scrutiny.

- Increase the influence of European political and civil society institutions on the government and leadership of Ukraine to accelerate reforms on the path to European integration, fight corruption and economic crimes

There is also an increasing interest from the general public into the digital - the youth knows of the GAFAM, of the importance of personal data (GDPR), of the way they are tracked on the internet in order to be targeted with intrusive tailored ads, …

There is growing awareness from the public of potential infringements on our digital rights. However, green (and other) political parties have not yet picked up digital

rights as a key priority, despite it having become a core aspect of our lives and of many ‘green’ fightsintegral to the Green politics. It is not clear for the public - and the youth particularly - what a ‘proper digital society’ is for the different parties

intimidation and threats against democratic states around the world, especially neighbouring countries, as well as intensified its disinformation campaigns, interference in the political processes of independent states, and imposing approvalthe weaponisation of its aggressive policy, by weaponising food, energy, food, and migrants have increased alongside military aggression.. Moreover, Russia is constantly building up its military potential and forging

open source alternatives available for almost every software tool and service the big tech companies offer at the moment. FYEG does not only support and act politically tosupports dismantling tech giants and demonopolising digital offerings and the digital sphere, but also strives for the internal use of open source

A concrete example - #IlvaIsAKiller

This dynamic is present with some variations in different parts of Europe, for example in Taranto, Italy, where its steel mill has exposed its residents to increased risks to human and ecological health, and in the IJmond area in the Netherlands, where Tata Steel has similarly exposed residents of Beverwijk, Velsen en Heemskerk to such risks.These dynamics are also often present and intertwined with environmental and systemic racism, for example with regards to the Roma communities forced to live at Pata Rât, an illegal landfill on the outskirts of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, due to forced evictions, gentrification, and spatial segregation, exposing them to pollution and health dangers; the ‘green’ extractivist projects in indigenous Sámi and Inuit lands that threaten or actively destroy their lands, livelihoods, communities, and wellbeing; in metropolitan France, where hazardous sites like incinerators and waste management facilities are more likely to be located near towns with higher immigrant populations, and racialised suburbs or districts of larger cities are often closer to large ring roads and intersections known as échangeurs - thus disproportionately exposing racialised communities to higher pollution and risks of health hazards; and in Martinique and Guadeloupe, where the use of the toxic pesticide chlordecone was permitted by the French government in the 70s to 90s despite evidence of health risks, and led to the carcinogen still being detected in more than 90% of the population today and much higher prostate cancer incidence rates. (ENAR 2022 Report)

To make these dynamics tangible, the city of Taranto, often called "Italian Chernobyl", will be used as a model.

• With this resolution we demand local, regional, and national governments throughout Europe, and the European Union to:

  Acknowledge the existence of such cities, and take the steps necessary to put an end to industries or practices that harm the socio-ecological well-being of its communities.

  Compensate all those residents negatively affected by such industries and practices, including the generations of victims and the descendants of victims who have passed as a result of such consequences. Such compensation must include financial compensation, such as environmental and corrective reparations, and where necessary services such as healthcare treatments and area cleanups.

  Where these industries are totally necessary to the existence of the local economy (and not for that of the national or European economy) because of the dependence resulting from the jobs created, prioritise with utmost urgency a just transition of such communities guided by principles of circularity and eco-social wellbeing.

Taranto has been home for a steel mill since the 60s, Ilva, and during the last 40 years this city has been affected by this mill that has escaped EU environmental regulations duties, polluting all the area around for kilometres and creating health issues other than an economic and environmental catastrophe.

• In any future initiative or project that is located in the proximity of or would affect local communities, involve said communities in the deliberation, decision, and planning processes, and make eco-social wellbeing and anti-discrimination and empowerment of marginalised communities the highest priority in these processes.

Taranto has been subject of many environmental and health studies, by academics, governmental institutions and international organisations (including WHO), and more than once it has been demonstrated how the steel production affects the lives of everybody in the area, creating an immesurable damage. Nonetheless, still today its residents fight against the inaction of the Italian government and the European Union, as it has been said through words and sometimes through actions that Ilva brings too much to the Italian and European economy.

To this day, it has been proved that:

• Ilva causes at least 50 deaths per year, and influences more than 1000 indirect deaths per years;

• Ilva does not respect EU regulations on environmental security;

• Ilva is a danger for its workers, with many accidents through the years;

• Because of Ilva's pollution, Taranto's province has an abnormal higher rate of cancer and other health issues;

• The presence of Ilva highly influenced the touristical influx;

• The concentration of steel particles in the air is higher than allowed by the law, at the point that "curfews" are organised during some days for students and workers.

Conclusion

This dynamic is present with some variations in different parts of Europe, and as this dynamic is hidden from mass media, it's safe to say that these are not isolated cases and that indeed it's more common than it appears.

With this resolution we request:

• -That the Federation of Young European Greens acknowledges the existence of these "invisible" industrial cities, standing in solidarity with the hundreds of victims affected by this situation every year and the thousands who died;

• -That the Federation of Young European Greens aknowledges these cities and their activists as one of the best examples of green activism, where climate justice and social justice interconnect perfectly;

• That the member organisations of FYEG make an effort to acknowledge industrial cities in their own countries that follow the aforementioned criterias, having as goal to make them visible and push institutional measures to change the social and environmental context of these cities;

• Where these industries are totally necessary to the existence of the local economy (and not for that for the national or European economy) because of the dependence created by the aforementioned reasons, an ecological reconversion must be privileged and pushed with immediate urgency.

This is why The Federation of Young European Greens calls for:

• Green parties to position themselves more clearly on digital rights.

• Green parties to take the lead on the topic of digital rights, working to create a sustainable digital society.

This resolution is a call from the Federation of Young European Greens to seize the transversal topic of ‘digital’ in politics, a call to Green parties to position themselves (more clearly) as champions of a sustainable digitised society, and a call to claim the spotlight for an electorate who increasingly cares about the architecture of their digital personal, communal and political life. At a time where tech has become the biggest lobby sector in the EU by spending (ahead of pharma, fossil fuels, finance, and chemicals), let’s think ahead about what the key digital priorities of the green youth for the short- and long-term represent, and their place in politics!

• National governments and European institutions to make sure the tech lobby is not able to control, influence, and negatively impact our digital rights, and thus to ensure the relevant laws and regulations are in the people's best interest.

• National governments and European institutions to consider developments and changes to digital spaces and technologies in how it would impact new legislation, as well as the modernisation of relevant outdated legislation or policies to address these spaces.

In light of the importance of these rights and principles, and in light of their newly-found prevalence in all areas of work traditionally (though not exclusively) ‘Green’, this motion is calling on Green parties to pick up digital rights as a key priority for the 2024 european elections -We need to think ahead together: what is a sustainable digital society? What principles & interests

These are rights that we fought hard to gain “back in the days”, and principles we fought to establish durably, but because they are ‘reborn’ under the prism of digital spaces and technologies, and because data, digital tools and processing power allow for unprecedented insights and ways to monitor and control people, these rights have to be fought for anew.Digital technology and tools are constantly developing, which adds a whole new dimension to how these rights can be broken as well. How this affects us, and ensuring to include digital spaces as part of these rights need to be fundemental to the development of digital rights. Green parties already support and defend them, but ‘digital’ still remains a marginal topic politically - there is

However, green (and other)for the most part, political parties have not yet picked up digital rights as a key priority, despite it having become a core aspect of our lives

• Accelerate the pace and volume of military aid toSupport Ukraine in any viable way to counter the Russian war of aggression. We believe that Ukraine has an inalienable

We, the younger generations, are the future - and the present - of any democracy, as we are the future leaders that will bring new ideas to solve our world’s problems. But it

• FYEG can push green parties to have this mandatory percentage so they are really progressive.[Space]

• Protect the right to protest, unionise and strike, and call out any attempt to legislate to the contrary as an authoritarian attempt to curtail our basic human and democratic rights.

• Tighten existing rules on lateral moves from politics to business and, in particular, to lobby jobs, as well as conflict of interest laws. Time and again, politicians turn the knowledge they have acquired in a democratic office or mandate into money by