Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
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Fair Trade and Sustainable Growth 2.0 |
The EU trade policy has to reflect our social-democratic values of justice and solidarity.
The Lisbon Treaty gave the European Parliament new powers in the area of trade policy. We have to use these instruments to promote and implement our common principles and values.
Our Group needs to have a coherent and progressive approach in this important area. For this reason, we have to make our work in the INTA Committee more visible while ensuring better cooperation with other committees.
When discussed and accepted in our INTA working group, this document will be submitted for consideration and approval of the Bureau and the Group as a whole.
Also in the Adopted Policy Documents
The debate on the future of the EU budget for the years 2014 to 2020 - breaking taboos to deliver a new economic development strategy for the EU
The debate on the future of the EU budget over the years 2014-2020, in respect of its size and structure (Multi financial framework 2014 -2020), its working modalities (Inter Institutional Agreement) and its financing (Own resources) is absolutely crucial for the future of the European project and its citizens.
A growth and employment strategy for Europe. Stability and growth - the missing link
A more intelligent economic policy must start with an understanding of what went wrong; that is why our alternative strategy has three fundamental aims:- to achieve a smart fiscal consolidation, which restores confidence, taps new revenues, protects essential investment and looks for savings in those areas of the budget which cause least damage to aggregate demand and inflict least social pain
- within a medium-term fiscal consolidation strategy, to implement a coordinated European Investment Strategy, focussed on modernising infrastructure, investing in human capital and laying the foundations for a smarter, greener Europe
- to address the problems which caused the crisis, such as regional divergences in productivity, and a growing imbalance between wages and profits, which led to excessive dependence on credit to maintain aggregate demand.
Europe needs a new Social Strategy
Europe's financial, economic and social crisis was first triggered by the irresponsible behaviour of large parts of the financial sector.Latin American policy of the S&D Group
A strategic approach by the European social democrats to the Latin American situation could not be understood without taking into account the 500 years of shared history between Europe and Latin America, their longstanding agreement on values, principles, model of society and beliefs, and their common interests in response to the phenomena of globalisation.
