Austerity Civil Action in 23 EU Countries

Austerity Civil Action in 23 EU Countries.

Today, workers across Europe are uniting in a series of civil actions, protests and strikes against austerity measures designed to get Europe out of debt and back on track.

The hardest hit unemployment regions of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain face strikes with many other workers across Europe staging protests.

The European Trade Union Confederation has called for the action and clearly support will come today in those countries with unemployment running at 25% plus.

Our view
We still believe that austerity is doomed to failure.  People cannot afford to not work or not be paid.  Countries cannot afford to pay their workers or the social security benefits for those not working or retired.  

Health care is suffering and for many, countries cannot afford to import food.  The stranglehold is the Euro.  Sooner or later countries will be forced to leave the Euro, it is that simple.  Sovereign states should be allowed to print their own currency to allow them to pay people to buy goods in their own country.  We keep talking on our sites about ‘dig for victory’.

A sustained plan to enable countries to produce food to feed their people is the first target, not protecting the Euro.