1) At
the global level
.Put an end to
the last throes of the systemic crisis prompted by the Republicans in the
United States, who replaced democratic principles (justice, equality, liberty,
solidarity) with the laws of the markets, and multilateralism with groups of
plutocrats whose resounding failure in their attempt to displace the United
Nations is there for everyone to see;
.Rapidly
reduce the points of no return in damages to the environment due to human
activity (anthropocene), adopting throughout the world, without exceptions or
delay, the measures that intergenerational responsibility demands;
.Moderate the
growth and predominance of China, which given the communist/capitalist
incongruence promoted by the wealthiest nations that ignore the social
inequalities and conditions of work and life in that great colossus, is
beginning to provoke tension and confrontation with other “Asian giants” and,
logically, seek to change it from the world’s
factory to a factory for the world;
.Take prompt
and effective action in Syria, correcting many errors that have resulted in
horror and suffering for the civilian population for lack of clear and
efficient global leadership;
.Likewise take
action, with the authority of unanimous support, against anti-Iran “tension”,
to prevent a repeat of the negligently shameful invasion of Iraq in 2003, with
an eye on Iran’s immense oil reserves;
.Facilitate
peace processes in the “Arab Spring” countries, demanding respect for the
exercise of pluralism and public freedoms;
.Make it quite
clear that in certain countries great wealth can no longer continue to hide or
justify dictatorial practices, intolerable discrimination against women, and
the absence of popular representation;
.Rapidly
devise a world plan against drug trafficking, one of the greatest challenges of
the world today, which cannot and should not be resolved by force, but rather
by appealing to the individual responsibility of consumers, as is the case with
other addictions.
.Mediate
promptly and firmly in both intrareligious
conflicts (particularly those among Sunnites, Shiites, Salafists…) and interreligious ones…
Ø Main
actions on all above summarized,
.Elimination
of the groups of plutocrats, with an extraordinary meeting of the United
Nations General Assembly to adopt urgent measures with respect to the most
urgent problems and to initiate a process to re-found the UN with the
participation of civil society –“We, the Peoples…”, as set forth in the Charter–
equal to the representation of the Member States and –in any case without veto,
but with weighted votes- two additional security councils: a Socio-economic
Security Council and an Environmental Security Council, ensuring the proper
operation of all the institutions of the System;
.Remodeling of
economic systems, establishing the necessary mechanisms for global regulation,
the immediate elimination of tax havens (without exception), and the transition
from an economy of speculation, delocalization of production and war (present
military spending is inadmissible and ethically unacceptable) to an economy of
sustainable global development capable of ending the exploitation, social
inequality, extreme poverty and starvation… that today threaten the dignity of humankind
as a whole.
.Promote
adequate and agile operations of “regional associations”, such as the European
Union, CELAC or the OUA… to facilitate in this way of world governance.
These
important decisions require leadership that at present could only be assumed by
President Obama, whose reelection is at this time an essential requisite.
2) At
the European level
.Urgent
reconstruction of the European Union, whose building was commenced by the roof –monetary
union- without having laid the foundation –political union- and the pillars –economic
union. The result is an ethical debacle, disorder, impoverishment, political
discontent, a dictatorship of “investors", “Euro-pessimism”… in which the
hounding of the “markets” (the “great military, financial, energy and media
domain”) has appointed governments without elections in Greece, the
cradle of democracy, and in Italy.
The only measuring sticks are money, the risk premium, the deficit…
Ø Thus
it is urgent to achieve:
An
agreement to immediately amend the Treaties with the main objectives of:
-Political,
economic and fiscal federation.
-Autonomy in
security matters, replacing NATO, which is no longer justified after the dissolution
of the Warsaw Pact and costs Europe excessive amounts of money;
-Reposition of
democratic principles to guide the EU’s attitudes, fomenting cultural, ethnic,
ideological and religious pluralism as a basis for harmonious coexistence,
placing social justice at the very heart of Community policy, likewise
safeguarding the requisite means for providing education, knowledge and
healthcare, and through the necessary incentives, work for all, being fully
aware of its new nature as a consequence of delocalization, automatization,
robotization and the new information and communications technologies.
In
that regard, we are proposing to the Council of Europe a Universal Declaration
of Democracy, which after due debate could be presented for adoption by the
United Nations. It constitutes a necessary complement of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, since the sole context in which those rights can
be fully exercised is in a genuine democracy.
3) At
the national level
.The current
uncertainty, lack of transparency, dependency on the “markets”, failure to
fulfill political programs, incoherency and contradictions, the precarious
democratic rigor of the parliamentary majority, imposing legislation and thus
discrediting the Parliament; the outrageous budget cuts in education, science
and healthcare, while refinancing the banking system with no explanation as to
the origin of the “holes” or the deficits accumulated by the Autonomous
Communities, that must be filled with public funds and efforts in neither case appearing
any interest in ascertaining who is responsible or revealing with total
transparency not only how much they’ve spent, but who spent it
and on what; the parsimony of the courts in cases –such as the famous Gürtel-
that particularly affect a given political party, and the surprising speed with
which the courts work when they affect others; prompting citizens to begin to
loathe the Constitution –that cost so much to achieve!- because it is perceived
as an immovable corset instead of a meeting point for all Spaniards, to be obtained
through the corresponding calm and well-conceived reforms; demonstrating great
shock toward the “separatist” actions of certain Autonomous Communities, when
the “separators” forget that they have never accepted agreed to negotiate and
that at one time they even gathered signatures against Catalonia (they claim
there were four million) or against the increase in VAT tax; change in the
essential educational system, especially in key subjects such as Education for
Citizenship, and in evaluations and the segregation of boys and girls in
schools, without any substantial discussion with persons knowledgeable in these
fields, that is, educators and teachers, and not OECD experts…
Ø For
all of the above:
.Presentation
in Europe of a Spanish economic plan,
setting forth in detail the how much and
when of our pledge to make financial
adjustments as well as the indispensable requisites for economic development
and work creation, immediately reestablishing budgets that have been cut in
education, science and healthcare, and implementing a fair tax system with
heavy penalties for tax evasion and lack of solidarity in wealth distribution;
.Reform of the
Spanish Constitution, particularly Chapter VII, establishing a federal system
and providing for wider autonomy;
.Implementation
of mechanisms to ensure the role of minorities and civil society in the face of
parliamentary majorities, with impeccable observance of democratic precepts;
.Demand the urgent
implementation of the abovementioned changes in the EU and at the global level.
I’m
sure I’ve left out many things (and perhaps some could have been excluded). But
let there be no mistake: if these radical changes are not implemented on the
three levels indicated, we will never achieve the “new beginning” that we all
desire and that the majority of the world’s inhabitants deserve.
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