Against the background of the reorientation of European economic policy towards increasing competitiveness, the project will discuss which values should determine the economic policy orientation in the EU. Based on these findings, there will be a discussion on how to change the direction of economic policy. To this end, the first question to be asked is where European companies are lacking in competitiveness and how effective solutions could look. In particular, the conditions for fair global trade must first be clarified, defined and established for the future.
From the perspective of trade unions and other workers' organisations, the question arises as to the social and environmental impact of possible changes resulting from economic policy in the EU. It must be prevented that workers' rights suffer under the guise of what may appear to be legitimate concerns of companies.
Valuable, meaningful and sustainable changes are achieved through the use of practical and concrete ideas that already bring about change on a small scale.
ESRI (European Social Responsibility Institute)
Bruno Machiels
Tel.: +32 - 475 - 72 47 74
E-mail: brumac(at)telenet.be
Languages: de, en, fr, (es, it)
Project no.: 01-02-26-KO