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Sant’s Intervention in the Plenary Session in Strasbourg

‘The investment rate in the European Union had been decreasing well before the 2008 crisis.’ said the Euro Parliamentarian Alfred Sant in the plenary session in Strasbourg. ‘Following this crisis, stagnation continued to spread.’ In his intervention the MEP said that to reach higher levels of competitivity in order to create new jobs, internal devaluation

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DRAGHI TELLS SANT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EU IS SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE

Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, said that the unemployment rate in the EU countries is unacceptably high and within it, the youth percentage of unemployment is socially unacceptable. Draghi, reacting to Alfred Sant’s remarks during the monetary committee at the European Parliament in Brussels, said that the current performance of the euro

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‘NO STRATEGIC AND INTEGRATED PLAN FOR EUROPE ON THE EBOLA VIRUS’

While many Europeans are wondering whether the European Union is meaningful for them, against the Ebola threat the EU could have shown that it can make a difference. However this did not happen. Alfred Sant stated this during the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Sant, commenting on a reply by the European

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ALFRED SANT ON PEOPLE AT RISK OR POVERTY

The European Commission said that up to the end of 2012, €12.9 billion were invested in social inclusion measures, and further €10.3 billion have been also committed. With regards to The programming period 2014-2020, it was agreed for the first time in the context of cohesion policy and with a view to ensure sufficient resources

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