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Every summit goes one step further in damaging the workers’ interests and the Stockholm Summit was no exception. Yet again, the summit’s sights were set on pension and social rights, with workers being called on to work more and receive less.
It is clear from their joint declaration that the Heads of State or Government of the ΕU are anxious about the increase in the number of pensioners, which they feel "will create substantial pressure on social welfare systems, in particular pensions, health care systems and care of the elderly";. In other words ‘prosperity’ is being jeopardised by the increase in longevity. And the solution is to increase employment in the 55-64 age group by 50% by 2010, at a time when workers, especially young people and women, are suffering from the scourge of unemployment and under-employment.
On the subject of the Balkans, they are continuing their policy of controlled destabilisation and, alongside their supposedly friendly stance towards the FYROM, they are endeavouring to promote the KLA as an equal negotiating partner with the government of the country. It is perfectly obvious that the imperialist plans for the region have not yet been completed and that the people will be unable to live in peace until ΝΑΤΟ withdraws. As far as Palestine is concerned, they are continuing their policy of maintaining the same distance from the state terrorism being applied by Israel and the just fight of the Palestinian people for a homeland.
On the economic front, they have limited state aid and subsidies, taken further steps to liberalise telecommunications, postal services, the railways and energy and have prepared to complete the sell-off of the public sector to the multinationals.
The joint motions for resolutions not only accept the summit conclusions, they also welcome the arrest of former President of Yugoslavia, Mr Milosevic, and call for him to be handed over to the ‘International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’ in The Hague, which is why the MEPs of the Communist Party of Greece voted against them."@en1
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