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🚨CALL FOR MOBILISATION 🚨 For more than 600

🚨CALL FOR MOBILISATION 🚨

For more than 600 days, the Palestinian people have been subjected to unprecedented attacks by the Israeli army. The human losses, mostly civilians, are immense.

In light of the escalating atrocities, the disregard for international law and the political inaction, the Emmaus Movement is calling on all Emmaus groups and civil society as a whole to mobilise for peace, justice and respect for international law.

✊ On 14 June, it's our turn to take action ! In the streets and our shops, let's make our voices heard
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📅 On 18 June, France will co-chair a United Nations international conference ‘for the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question and the implementation of the two-State solution’.

📨 To mark the occasion, Emmaus Europe, @emmausfrance & @emmausinternational have co-signed an open letter to the French government.

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United for refugees and exiles rights 🤝 Emmaus

United for refugees and exiles rights 🤝 Emmaus Europe and the other 158 members of the European council for refugees and exiles met in Warsaw 🇵🇱 for the annual general assembly. The situation of exiles and asylum seekers rights in Europe is worrying and the new European Pact on migration will unfortunately not improve it. We all must be ready to monitor its implementation in 2026. Reminding the authorities of our countries of the fundamental human rights through legislation or other actions is essential to keep hoping in the future. Being in Warsaw reminded us that Europe has been through worst. We survived and we will survive! @theecre @fatimachu63 #humanrights

🤩 Thanks to our efforts, the European Commissio

🤩 Thanks to our efforts, the European Commission has approved the labelling of the environmental cost of clothing!

✌️ This is quite a win and a strong signal sent ahead of the vote on the anti-fast-fashion law!

📢 Now it's time for every EU country to decide to take up the issue and apply the criteria produced by France. ‼️

#stopfastfashion ⛔

🇪🇺 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇬🇪 We ar

🇪🇺 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇬🇪 We are all Europeans!

This week in Satu Mare (Romania), all the Emmaus groups of Poland, Ukraine, Georgia and Romania met together for the first time, to discuss their challenges and projects.

🗳️ With the presidential elections coming this Sunday in Poland and Romania, the russian war on Ukraine, and protests for Democraty in Georgia, all our member groups worry for the future of their solidarity and social actions.

📝The main topic of this meeting was how to develop the groups’ economic activities to be able to keep on acting for the poorest, in time of troubles and economic recession.

🕊️ We learned a lot from each other and wish that the Europe of Emmaus will stay an inspiration for peace, democracy and solidarity!

#strongertogether

Today is Europe Day 75 years ago was the beginni

Today is Europe Day

75 years ago was the beginning of the long journey that created the European Union that we know today. Emmaus Europe is taking this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to defending social justice, solidarity, humanity, the circular economy, and environmental protection at EU level!

With members in over 20 countries across the continent, we witness every day how EU policies directly impact the work of our groups. That’s why we engage in daily advocacy efforts, together with our partners, to defend our activities and values.
We want an Europe that stands for:

✊ The rights and reception of exiled people

💶 The fight against poverty

♻️ The protection of social and solidarity economy and reuse initiatives

A fairer Europe is possible — and necessary‼️

Today, you have the power to act in favour of more

Today, you have the power to act in favour of more responsible and environmentally-friendly fashion ✊

The European Commission has launched work to define an environmental score for textile products. In France, we have developed one, with criteria that provide real transparency on the environmental impact of textile products, which is awaiting validation by the European Commission. Consequently, the European lobbies are mobilised to prevent it from being rolled out across the EU and to propose a different, less effective score, favourable to the products of the fast-fashion industry.

📢 We are therefore launching a petition to support the adoption of the French environmental score as it stands and to extend its use to the European level, and above all, to make this labelling compulsory!

Sign the petition to tell the European Commission and the lobbies that we want no more transparency on the environmental impact of the clothes we buy all over Europe (link in bio). 📝

♻️ Yesterday, Emmaüs Europe, joined by @emmau

♻️ Yesterday, Emmaüs Europe, joined by @emmausfrance , RREUSE, and TESS GEIE, met with EU Commissioner for Environment and Circular Economy, @jessikaroswall

For nearly an hour, we raised the alarm on the growing threats facing social economy organisations working in reuse.

We made sure to highlight what truly matters:
👉 Put second-hand first!
It creates more local jobs and saves significant amounts of money and energy compared to recycling.

🛑👕 We also called for bold action against overproduction and fast fashion — practices that harm both our organisations and the planet.

As the European Commission prepares the future Circular Economy Act, we hope this fruitful and honest conversation will help shape a fair and ambitious law — one built with those on the ground. Let’s preserve the work of social economy actors, pioneers of the circular economy, while also welcoming new actors on board!

We sincerely thank Commissioner Jessika Roswall for taking the time to meet with us. 🙏
We look forward to continuing this important dialogue and building a truly just and bold Circular Economy Act — with reuse and social justice at its heart. 🇪🇺

#PutSecondHandFirst #CircularEconomy #Reuse #SocialEconomy #Emmaus #EndFastFashion #EU

Emmaus Europe discuss the future of the communitie

Emmaus Europe discuss the future of the communities in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ! Today we met with 70 representatives of the Emmaus groups in the Netherlands to discuss the challenges we are facing in the groups in Europe and how to find solutions together 🤝 One of the solution stands in big letters on the front wall of the shop in Breda as something to remind everybody: poverty is a political choice!
#emmausbilthoven #emmauseindhoven #emmauslangeweg #emmausdenhaag #emmaus_haarzuilens #emmausfenikstegelen #emmausveilingkade

🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Emmaus Europe and the whole Emma

🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Emmaus Europe and the whole Emmaus movement stand by the Ukrainian people.

For the past three years, the companions and staff of the Emmaus group in Oselya (Lviv, Ukraine) have been helping the most vulnerable people: distributing hot meals, day care, healthcare, therapeutic workshops for children and adults traumatised by the war and bombings, etc.

25 companions from the community went to the front. Two companions died protecting Ukraine and Europe.

🕊️ 🙏🏼 A big thank you to all the members of Emmaus Oselya for your dedication.

@carinaaaltonen @emmausoselya @gsemenchuk

Action to tackle the textile crisis 👚👖🩳✋

Last week, while the fashion industry inundated us with tempting sales discounts, we took a stand for a cause that matters!

🚨 We teamed up with our partners RREUSE, RESSOURCES @larecup.be , and TESS GEIE and organised a public event to sound the alarm on the used and waste textile crisis affecting social and circular enterprises.

👕 🩳 The influx of low-quality textiles into the EU market has overwhelmed second-hand clothing and recycling facilities, leaving social enterprises struggling to manage collected items that can’t be stored indefinitely.

🗣Despite the gloomy January weather, several EU policymakers joined us to discuss the vital role of social and circular enterprises in textile management, job creation, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.

🙏 Thanks @Virginijus Sinkevičius, @Majdouline Sbaï, Saskia Bricmont, @Sara Matthieu, Barry Andrews MEP, @Liesbet Sommen.

📨 To learn more about the textile crisis and the solutions we propose, read our open letter (link in bio)

#SocialAndCircular #SecondHandFirst #SustainableTextiles #SocialEconomy #SocialEnterprises

🇪🇺 TEXTILE EMERGENCY: EUROPE MUST ACT‼️

🇪🇺 TEXTILE EMERGENCY: EUROPE MUST ACT‼️

This Thursday, Emmaüs Europe, alongside RREUSE, Ressources, and TESS GEIE, dumped 6 tons of textiles in front of the European Parliament before meeting with the European Commission. A powerful action to highlight an alarming reality: the textile crisis is threatening the social and circular economy ⚠️

👕Every year, our organizations process 337,000 tons of textiles, with 47,000 tons reused locally, creating tens of thousands of jobs. Yet, the situation is becoming critical:
🔴 Sorting centers are closing
🔴 Social jobs are disappearing
🔴Tons of reusable textiles are being incinerated due to a lack of viable solutions

Overproduction and fast fashion are flooding the market, while funding to manage these massive waste flows is sorely lacking.

📢 In response to this emergency, we demand :
🟢 Real responsibility from textile producers
🟢Adequate funding for collection, sorting, and waste management
🟢Immediate support for reuse actors.

🆘 Europe can no longer ignore the impact of this !crisis ! The social and circular economy has proven its effectiveness—it must be supported ‼️

#PutSecondHandFirst #CircularEconomy #SocialEconomy #StopFastFashion

🚨 The EU must protect welfare states at any cos

🚨 The EU must protect welfare states at any costs

Mark Rutte, @nato Secretary-General, has twice this year stated that Europe’s defence spending is too low, blaming the European social model—particularly funding for health and pensions. He is pushing for EU member states to increase national military defence spending while reducing public investment in social protection.

This comes after years of austerity policies that have severely impacted people’s lives, human rights, and dignity.

2025 is a pivotal year for the protection of social rights! In this context, with other 10 EU civil society organisations, we have published a statement calling on the European Commission, member states, and the European Parliament to prioritise and safeguard social spending. In the face of mounting pressure to redirect funds towards military and defence budgets, it is crucial to protect social welfare and ensure that budgetary decisions uphold people’s well-being.

The 95 million people living in poverty cannot wait any longer. This is about human dignity, democracy, human rights, social cohesion, and the EU’s ability to protect its most vulnerable citizens.

Read the full statement on @eapn.europe website.

#SocialJustice #EndPoverty

European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Caritas Europa @familieseurope @emmauseurope @eurochild_org @eurodiaconia @enar.europe @ergo.network @feantsa_org @picum_ngo Social Plateform

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