S&D Group leader, Iratxe García, has called for a social compass when addressing competitiveness, warning that failure to do so will overlook the real root of social discontent and play into far-right narratives.
Iratxe García, S&D Group President, said:
“The European Commission has a major responsibility to provide a comprehensive and ambitious response to social discontent and it is unacceptable that it forgot about this responsibility when addressing competitiveness. Where is the social compass to lift 95 million Europeans out of poverty, to end the job insecurity affecting 25% of young people and to tackle the 30% increase in house prices over the last five years?
“The far right is trying to resurrect the slogans from the past. Its Trumpist slogan ‘Make Europe Great Again’ is, in reality, a call for the destruction of Europe. Its true message is ‘Let's Destroy Europe Again’".
