EU: feedback from the ETUI-ETUC conference on ‘Europe at a Crossroads’

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2 October 2014 à 12h45

Updated on 3 October 2014 à 13h33

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Publication: 2 October 2014 à 12h45, Updated on 3 October 2014 à 13h33

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Taking up the baton of European renewal from the new European Commission and its President Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) organized a conference from 24-24 September to discuss possible options for a Europe “at a crossroads”.
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Europe at a crossroads or on the edge of an abyss? Being at a crossroads implies having a choice. Making choices and debating which path Europe should follow was at the heart of the conference in Brussels organized by the ETUC and ETUI from September 24 – 26. It is a question of showing “to those who suggest there are no alternatives and that austerity is the only way that in fact there is another way for Europe”, Bernadette Ségol, Secretary General of the ETUC announced during her opening spee

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