Europe: for the right balance in EU future priorities

Social Platform letter to the European Council of June 26-27, 2014, calling on the heads of state and government to ensure the right balance in future EU priorities:

  • The “growth, competitiveness and jobs” must be balanced with a strong social dimension addressing rising poverty and social exclusion.

  • The “more developed Economic and Monetary Union” must be balanced with an enforcing mechanism that ensures the safeguard of social protection in the member states.

  • The “consolidating of the area of freedom while ensuring security” must be balanced with a Europe that protects human rights both inside and outside its borders.

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