For economic growth Europe needs public investment

While the European average for unemployment is 12 per cent - and much higher in many countries - there is a need to devise new economic strategies. That is why the European Trade Union Confederation held a summit of labour leaders on March 19, 2014. One of the speakers at the conference was David Beggs, the General-Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He called for more public investment and a wider role for the European Central Bank.

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Posted March 18, 2014