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The report makes the indisputable observation that "Economic Europe is not yet a reality". The reasons for this are no mystery. Each national State is, more than anything else, concerned with protecting the interests of its own capitalist class and favours national policy most suited to that objective.
The ruling classes have no need, however, for the European institutions to harmonise their policies, apart from settling national rivalries, in order to improve the profitability of their capital to the detriment of the working classes.
In terms of freezing salaries, widespread lack of job security, mass redundancies, savings on public services and attacks against social protection, capitalist Europe has no need for institutional harmonisation in order to be united.
The Bérès report considers that "sound public finance" is the prime condition for "strengthening economic policy coordination within the euro area". However, it does not say how that financial balance should be reached. Who should pay? Capitalist companies or consumers through VAT? Who should benefit more from budgetary spending? Public services or private employers?
Without tax gifts to capitalist companies, budgets could be used more for public services without being in deficit as a result. This is clearly not the line taken in the report. Under these circumstances there was no question of us supporting it with our vote."@en1
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