Germany

Endorsed by 28 organizations, the German Social Watch Report 2005 was launched in Bonn last October 21.

Berlin/Osnabrück. On the occasion of the commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Copenhagen World Summit (1995), German NGOs called for strengthening the fight against poverty and social exclusion. Last March 11, the Social Watch Germany representatives handed over to the Development Minister of that country, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (of the SPD), a catalogue of claims, which also included a protest for the insufficient actions undertaken regarding the resolutions adopted at the Copenhagen summit.

Only the successful creation of a broad social participation in issues of international economic policy will make it possible to counter the social and ecological reprehensibility of neo-liberal globalization with a globalization of social justice and ecological sustainability.

The German edition of the 2003 Social Watch Report was launched at a press conference in Berlin on June 25, 2003.

The German edition of the 2004 Social Watch Report was launched at a press conference in Berlin on July 1, 2004.

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