In an own-initiative opinion adopted at its plenary session on Wednesday 14 February, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls for measures to be implemented to promote economic cooperation, growth and solidarity, rather than “restrictive austerity”, in the event of a future economic crisis.
The opinion, entitled “Lessons learned for avoiding the severity of austerity policies in the EU” and penned by Portugal's José Custódio Leirião, is based on information...