Brussels, 28/09/2011 Today the European Parliament adopted a package of six legislative measures which will serve as a framework for budgetary decisions in each of the Eurozone member states.

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Brussels, 25/08/2011 In the face of the turmoil disrupting the European economy and amplifying unemployment and the insecurity of work for millions of Europeans, European solidarity is necessary and urgent.

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Brussels, 05/08/2011 Brutal austerity, as applied in the European bail outs, will not stop this but will actually make things even worse by undermining wages, jobs and the social security position of millions of workers.

Brussels, 03/08/2011 Writing to Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy who is conducting discussions with EU countries about their position on Burma to be advanced at the 21st UN General Assembly, ETUC General Secretary, Bernadette Ségol, urged her to to support the recommendation of the United Nations Special Rapporteur for a COI into human rights abuses in Burma/Myanmar. That call has been backed by the leader of Burma’s democracy movement, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Brussels, 25/07/2011 We express our deepest feelings of friendship and solidarity to all people in Norway, and particularly to the trade union confederations affiliated to the ETUC and their members: LO, YS and UNIO. We share your deep sorrow in the face of the savage murder of innocent people. We are outraged by, and unequivocally condemn, all forms of violence.

Brussels, 22/07/2011 “EU leaders have, at long last, admitted that austerity is not working and that a growth strategy is necessary. Unused structural funds should serve for growth and jobs. Trade unions should be involved”, said Bernadette Ségol, ETUC General Secretary.

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Brussels, 13/07/2011 Employment and social cohesion, the real lives of millions of Europeans are at stake. “It is time to show a strong sense of European leadership and to take the right decisions to change direction - this situation is not an inevitability, it is the results of a lack of political control of the markets” said the ETUC General Secretary, Bernadette Ségol.