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PES heads of state and Government say EU summit fight is about jobs and real solidarity, not picking off countries one by one
The European Council summit meeting today “should have as its aim objective to create more and better jobs”, said Party of European Socialists’ (PES) President, Sergei Stanishev. He added “instead, we see yet more attempts to dilute the sense of shared economic and social standards and decision-making”.
PES President says Commission President Barroso could be accused of trying to hide the effects of the economic crisis as Social Communication stripped of key measures
Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) today urged Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President to make the upcoming communication on the social dimension of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) part of a ‘radical overhaul’ of EU policy. In an official letter to the Commission head, Mr. Stanishev has stated that the Commission runs the risk of being accused of hiding the effects of the economic crisis.
PES Prime Ministers and Presidents call on EU summit to honour June pledge for more jobs and growth
“To have credibility with the citizens of Europe we must follow through on our commitments” says Stanishev.
Meeting to prepare positions ahead of today’s European Summit, the Party of European Socialists’ Prime Ministers and Heads of State, have called for pledges for more European solidarity ‘to be honoured’. The meeting participants, who included French PresidentFrançois Hollande, called for a swifter implementation of the Compact for Growth and Jobs agreed in June. The push comes after increasing frustration from progressive party leaders that the timetable on the jobs and growth deal were slipping.
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