arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

These objectives were defined by UNICE (European Employers Federation)in a document : ‘UNICE's priorities for the new European Commission" (1/10/99).

What can we read in this paper ?
- "reduce excessive fiscal and regulatory burdens on the private sector and increase the efficiency of public sector activities" ;
- "enhance openness, flexibility and adaptability of all markets" ;
- "it will be important for business to be able to communicate effectively the needs of real economy to European economic and monetary authorities" ;
- "full liberalisation of public procurement, utilities, transport and financial services is incomplete and implemented unevenly across Member States" ;
- "this can only be achieved, and sustained, through improved competitiveness, higher economic growth and effective structural reforms, especially of labour markets, aiming to increase their flexibility and efficiency, to lower excessive overall costs of employment and to enhance employability rather than overprotection of the workforce" ;
- "close consultation, across Europe, of companies and their professional organisations throughout the enlargement process" ;
- "to achieve this objective, UNICE fully endorses pursuit of market opening in the framework of rules defined and accepted jointly in the WTO" ;
- "UNICE is ready to play its part in helping the EU institutions to make progress towards realisation of this objective. It hopes and expects the new Commission to consult and involve representative business organisations systematically in the EU policy-making process."

The European employers want to have this creed of neoliberal globalization as sole reference for Europe, from the Commission to the trade unions and in the European Parliament.

We say NO. We say NO, as a starting point in June 2000.

At a time when the UNICE intensifies its competitivity-based blackmail policy, we launch an appeal to all movements, associations, networks, citizens to challenge their representatives, governments and the European institutions to have Europe change its orientations, to adopt a policy based on solidarity in which economy will at last be put at the service of social needs, on the contrary of the present policy.

The Economic and Monetary Union must give way to an Employment, Social Protection and Environment Union working actively towards a fair international order !

Europe in the 21st century needs peace, respect of economic, social and cultural rights, democracy !


Program and contact addresses :
Jürg Schuppisser - Association pour la paix -103 rue Potagère - 1210 Brussels
tel: 02 / 223 35 33 - fax: 02 / 223 39 82 E-mail: associationpaix@freegates.be
Daniel Spoel - Attac Wallonie-Bruxelles
tel: 02 / 523 98 54 - fax: 02 / 522 60 53 - E-mail: danieljf_ spoel@compuserve.com
Eric Goeman - Attac Vlaanderen - tel / fax: 09 / 372 44 91 - E-mail: egoeman@worldonline.be

I'd be please if could you send me a entire copy of an original version of the UNICE's text: "UNICE's priorities for the new European Commission".

I was trying to obtain it on their site but we can do not now.

Thank's
A.GIRARDOT.