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"The EU is trying to ‘hide the sun with a sieve’, but it is clear how much responsibility it holds for the constant deterioration in living conditions of the general public and workers.
In the last 23 years, the EEC/EU has promoted the circulation of capital and the financialisation of the economy; it has liberalised markets and promoted privatisation; it has encouraged over-production; it has relocated and destroyed productive capacity; it has promoted the economic domination of some, at the expense of the dependence of others; it has intensified worker exploitation; it has centralised wealth, like never before; and it has increased social inequalities and regional asymmetries, all under the control of the major powers and the large economic and financial groups.
The European Commission’s terrible ‘spring’ predictions are no more than a depiction of the consequences of the EU’s neoliberal policies – decided and implemented by the right and the social democrats – for Portugal: over 600 000 unemployed, a loss of real income, two years of recession, increasing public debt, and a budget deficit which will once again exceed 6%.
However, much worse than these predictions is the actual reality being faced by millions of Portuguese who are seeing their problems increase day by day.
On 7 June, the Portuguese will have another opportunity to say enough is enough, by voting for the CDU (Portuguese Democratic Unity Coalition)."@en1
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