The Elective General Assembly of Emmaus Europe will be held on Monday 13 April 2026 from 10am to 12.30pm in Someren (the Netherlands), on the morning before the opening of the Emmaus International World Assembly. This Assembly will elect the Councillors of Emmaus International (CEI) to represent the Europe region and the Chair of Emmaus Europe.

This unprecedented arrangement harmonises the terms of office of the CEI representing the Europe region with those of other regions: European representatives will now begin their term of office on the Emmaus International Board at the same time as their term on the Regional Council of Emmaus Europe.

PARTICIPATION

European groups registering for the World Assembly will automatically be able to participate in this Emmaus Europe Elective General Assembly. Registration is open until 28 February 2026. Please try to register as soon as possible.

When registering, you must indicate the names of the representatives and the person holding your voting rights in box no. 1 of the voting power/proxy document.

If your group does not wish to participate, please still fill in the Voting power/Proxy form so that another group can vote on your behalf (members may hold two proxies in addition to their own vote). You can either choose a group to vote by proxy for you (box no. 2) or choose the blank proxy (box no. 3) so that the President of Emmaus Europe can allocate the proxy votes and ensure that the quorum is reached.

Register

VOTING RIGHTS

All groups can take part in the General Assembly, but only full members have voting rights.

In order to vote, all member groups must be up to date with their membership fees to Emmaus Europe since the last General Assembly, i.e. for the years 2023 to 2025 included. Any request for a partial or total waiver, or payment in instalments, must be sent to the Emmaus Europe Treasurer (via eve.poulteau@emmaus-europe.org) by 31 January 2026 at the latest.

⚠️ Important: The voting mandate and proxies of each Assembly are centralised by Emmaus International secretariat. More information can be found in the convening notice of the meeting.

CONTACT

For any questions regarding the World Assembly, please contact the Emmaus International team at the following email address: someren2026@emmaus-international.org

For any questions regarding the Elective General Assembly of Emmaus Europe:

• For applications for the position of CEI or chairperson, please contact: elections2026@emmaus-europe.org
• For practical details, please send your email to: contact@emmaus-europe.org

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Europe – a vital decision-making level for Emmaus’ work

European policy plays a pivotal role in the daily lives of each of us, directly influencing aspects such as labour rights, efforts to address precarity, health, production and environmental issues. For example, European law governs workers’ rights across Europe and migration policy, and directly affects our collection, sorting, reuse and recycling work, which are fundamental aspects of the Emmaus groups’ efforts.

Emmaus proposals for a Europe that regains hope

It is vital that the  MEPs understand the urgent need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the most deprived people, go further on climate issues, and support the work of our groups. To this end, Emmaus Europe has drawn up a number of proposals for the EU 2024-2029 legislative mandate in order to create a Europe of renewed hope:

General proposals Detailed proposals

The Emmaus Europe team is at your disposal to help you set up specific actions on some of these proposals if you would like to do so.

Contact: manon.gaham@emmaus-europe.org & eve.poulteau@emmaus-europe.org

The idea behind the posters is to open people’s minds to a discussion about the issue, and they should be displayed in our public areas so as to deconstruct people’s fears about receiving migrants. The posters are therefore available in the languages of the European countries in which Emmaus groups are located.  

You can use the posters as a gateway to more in-depth discussions with your customers and other contacts, or to invite politicians to discuss Emmaus’ approach to migration and reception policies. This invitation could be supplemented by including Emmaus International’s publication “First global report on our fight against poverty”.

At the European level, this campaign is in keeping with the discussions started between the Member States on the European Council and with the European Parliament on the new Migration and Asylum Pact. This pact sets the policy directions for these issues for the coming years.

Our team is available if you want to undertake advocacy work or arrange a meeting with your customers and/or elected representatives: eve.poulteau@emmaus-europe.org

We still have a number of posters in stock, so let us know if you want them sent out by post:
contact@emmaus-europe.org

The posters are also available to download in different formats for each language:
a web format, a standard print format suitable for an office printer, and a professional printer’s format.

Many of you are supporting our friends from Ukraine and the neighbouring countries, and enabling them to help others. A big thank you to everyone for rallying round in the Emmaus way.

We are receiving a lot of questions about the best way to help. If you want to help, you can find here the main needs of the groups on the ground, and how to best meet them. You will also find answers to frequently asked questions and the information sent to all the European groups.

• December 2022, Update on needs Ukraine and Eastern Europe
• 19 May 2022, Newsletter, groups’ news
• 15 April 2022, Newsletter, groups’ news
• 23 March 2022, Newsletter, groups’ news
• 16 March 2022, Ukraine update, groups’ news
• 9 March 2022, How can we really help the Ukrainians?, needs and organisation, frequently asked questions
  
• 4 March 2002, Ukraine update, EU institution advocacy and groups’ news
• 3 March 2022, Emmaus International and Emmaus Europe joint statement on the situation in Ukraine
• 2 March 2022, Letter to the EU institutions
• 2 March 2022, Ukraine update, groups’ news
• 25 February 2022, message from the chair of Emmaus Europe and groups’ news
• 24 February 2022, Emmaus Europe Board’s Statement

We also regularly share news from the groups on our Instagram account @emmauseurope and on the internal Facebook groups of Emmaus International (Act Emmaus) and Emmaus France (Emmaüs en Mouvement).

If you do not receive our emails, please sign up on the homepage of the member area. As all European groups are registered, please check your spam or any folders that filter your incoming emails or mark these emails as priority messages.

Information for clients and donors

Ukraine solidarity contact person

Emmanuel, solidarity coordinator: emmanuel.rabourdin@emmaus-europe.org