Our MEPs look set at last to debate and vote later this week on the promised resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal between the EU and USA. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is calling on MEPs to vote against the new compromise amendment on Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), which…
One thing the ETUC has been repeating ad nauseam since the crisis is the need for a European investment plan to drive growth and jobs. Almost everyone seems to have come round to agreeing with us recently including the new President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. The deal with Socialists in the European Parliament…
Trade can create jobs. European nations are trading nations, and Europe can compete with the best, given a level playing field. We oppose protectionism, but we also reject a free trade ideology that takes no account of our collective preferences, summed up in the European Social Model. Trade policy should reflect Europe’s highest ideals. Trade…
Bernadette Segol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) spoke at a press conference in the European Parliament on 12 February 2014, launching a call by over 300 civil society groups to key European leaders for the European Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) to be implemented speedily and without loopholes. Here is an edited…
Five years on from the beginning of the crisis, European citizens continue to suffer from economic and social uncertainty. Unemployment, precarious work, inequality and poverty ruin the lives of many. Overcoming the stagnation of our economies and giving people hope and confidence is the most urgent task facing EU leaders. The EU has the potential to combat…