EU in Crisis - Analysis, Resistance and Alternatives to Corporate Europe

international | eu | event notice Saturday April 07, 2012 15:11 by Corporate Europe Observatory - Corporate Europe Observatory conference2012 at corporateeurope dot org

Join Corporate Europe Observatory, Transnational Institute and representatives from social movements and trade unions across Europe for this two-day event to examine the EU’s response to the crisis, discuss democratic alternatives, strengthen networking, and develop concrete plans for action. Register now at: www.corporateeurope.org/EU-in-crisis-conf

The economic and euro crises have given industry and the political establishment an opportunity to strengthen their neoliberal agenda. Austerity measures are being imposed, social rights are being squandered and social and environmental budgets are being cut – all in the name of propping up a system that is fundamentally flawed.

It is time to fight back.

There is an urgent need to discuss real alternatives – and to come together to challenge the current dogma at the European level. Across Europe, people are rising up to protest and to call for change. Join us for this important two-day event to examine the EU’s response to the crisis, discuss democratic alternatives, strengthen networking, and develop concrete plans for action.

Workshop sessions to include: next steps to rein in financial markets; resisting social regression; a social and ecological way out of the crisis; economic governance and corporate rule; eurozone, debt and solidarity; resistance and alternatives to EU-driven privatisation; and countering the corporate lobby.

Speakers include activists, trade unionists and academics from across Europe including: Susan George • Carola Fischbach-Pyttel • Mariana Mortágua • Esther Vivas • Andy Storey • Alexis Passadakis

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