Report EPSU 8th Congress: Congress Resolution on Local and Regional Government

(10 June 2009, Brussels) For the congress period 2009 – 2014, the EPSU 8th EPSU Congress overwhelmingly backed the resolution on Local and Regional Government. The resolution was introduced by Anders Hammarbäck (SKTF, Sweden), EPSU Committee Chair for the sector.

He stressed the need for “a positive agenda for public services, based on shared values of solidarity and equality.” This had to be “an agenda in which local democracy and decision-making play a fundamental part.”

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