Undermining social protection
Top politicians should not be reappointed without taking stock of their performance. The record of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, does not stand up to scrutiny. Europe deserves better.
The drive for liberalisation, privatisation and deregulation under President Barroso has threatened public services and the Commission has made no attempt to protect these services of general interest through legislation. The Commission has also failed to revise EU legislation to prevent the erosion of the basic principle of ‘equal pay for equal work at the same workplace’. Barroso has hijacked the ‘better regulation’ agenda to promote deregulation in the name of competitiveness at the expense of social protection, as well as opening the door for social dumping.
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