Brussels, 08/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 7 November, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launched a new plan for creating investment and quality jobs in Europe.
The plan - A New Path for Europe: ETUC plan for investment, sustainable growth and quality jobs - outlines a bold strategy based on investing the equivalent of a further 2% of the EU's GDP over ten years in order to create quality employment and educational opportunities.
The new plan could generate up to 11 million new jobs in Europe and contribute to a sustainable economic and social recovery over the next decade, according to an ETUC press release.
“After five years of economic and social crisis, austerity policies have failed to bring recovery to Europe”, says ETUC, which advocates greater solidarity in Europe based on the principles of democracy, stability and cohesion. (LC/transl.fl)