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The European trade union confederation called for a major demonstration in Brussels on Friday (April 26th) to demand a more social Europe, just weeks before the European elections.
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A fairer Europe for workers, that is what the thousands of European trade unionists are saying on the streets of the European district of Brussels, with a departure before the European Parliament and an arrival before the Commission.
Coming from Germany, Greece or Spain, they obviously join their Belgian comrades to demand jobs, wages and pensions for all in Europe. " We have to be on the street today to make it clear that it's not the governments that have to make the decisions, but it's the people who, through the government, have to make the decisions, " says Francis. , especially from Charleroi.
" Merkel, stop selling Europe to China, " claims the banner of a protester from Arras. And the French are also very numerous, as Philippe Martinez, Secretary General of the CGT. He believes that the announcements of the French president this Thursday night impose to fight more than ever " the social " in Europe. " It's not normal that there are so many social imbalances. And that pushes us to be even more demanding at home because the President of the Republic said yesterday, for example on wages : "I can not raise wages, because at the European level, we would not be competitive anymore" . Everyone says that in Europe. This tends to pull wages down .
At one month of the European elections, the protesters hope for a Europe with less tax havens and more social justice.