The President of SYRIZA is taking part in a conference on the Future of Europe, co-organized by the Party of European Socialists, the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Democratic Party of Italy. Alexis Tsipras.
The event is expected to be attended by the Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa, the Vice President of the European Commission Franz Timmermans, the Commissioner for Finance and former Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni, the former Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi, the German Ola Prodi of PES Sergei Stanishev, S&D leader Irache Garcia Perez and the new secretary of the Democratic Party and former Prime Minister of Italy, Errico Letta.
According to information from Koumoundourou, in his speech Alexis Tsipras is expected to emphasize, among other things, that the catalytic condition of the pandemic comes to justify in the most dramatic way the values ​​of the powerful welfare state and the policies of wealth redistribution that were a key pillar. of progressive political forces in contrast to the neoliberal dogma that has been imposed in recent decades and today is collapsing in the face of a dramatic impasse.
He will also point out that the progressive values ​​and ideas that for decades were attacked as outdated and ungrounded by the conservative and neoliberal forces today are justified in the most tragic way. Special mention is expected to be made of the example of Biden of the USA, who are carrying out very brave reforms in this direction.
According to the same information, will call on the European progressive forces to unite around a new social contract for a social Europe which will focus on replacing the Stability Pact with a Pact for Sustainable Development, Social Cohesion and Economic Convergence.
A social contract that must include important cuts in all levels of European policy with a view to the sustainable development and alleviation of inequalities, such as increasing the taxation of multinationals and wealth, fighting tax evasion, creating a strong health and welfare state, strengthening the income of workers and their labor rights in a more digital labor market.
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