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We voted against this report, which repeats the affirmation of the European Commission – even if the rapporteur distances himself from it – according to which ‘labour costs are generally considered as the main potential source of inflation’ in the eurozone.
The report states that establishing a European labour cost index would resolve a ‘major weakness’ of the economic and monetary Union. Who are they trying to fool? If there is a major weakness then it has to be the salaries of the overwhelming majority of European workers.
In the European Union, which is one of the richest regions on earth, the real standard of living of the working class has been declining for many years, beginning with that of tens of millions of workers that employers condemn to insecure employment, not to mention those who have been made unemployed! For decades, all the policies of left- or right-wing governments and those of the European authorities have moved in this direction in order to increase the wealth of the ruling classes.
Do you want statistics? In that case, publish the index of profits made by the European ruling classes thanks to the exploitation of their workers! For the workers of Europe, it would be the exorbitant cost index of maintaining a capitalist system that is socially unjust, harmful to individuals and economically devastating!"@en1
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