Just months ahead of the general election in the Netherlands, PvdA leader Lodewijk Asscher brought together experts, leading academics, progressive politicians and members of the public at a conference called Reset!, held simultaneously online and in Amsterdam.
On the agenda: resetting society to ensure fairness and sustainability.
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, economist and author Ann Pettifor, PES President Sergei Stanishev, MEPs Paul Tang, Brando Benifei and Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Secretary-General of the Young European Socialists Ana Pirtskhalava, and many other trade unionists, academics and progressives contributed to the wide-ranging debate.
The event involved over 100 people at the Amersterdome venue and almost 250 online participants from across Europe, and was followed live by thousands of others through a livestream published on social media.
Reset! mapped out progressive answers to the big challenges facing Europe and the Netherlands: achieving a fair digital society, support for the economically left behind, bridging regional divides, industrial policy, the future for young people, strategies for cities, tax justice and the green transition.
