Public Services
Promoting and protecting public services in Europe
EPSU wants to see a European Union that recognizes and supports the role of public services in contributing to sustainable development and quality of life. In an increasingly integrated Europe it is important to tackle issues such as tax dumping and cut-throat competition, which put pressure on public services and concentrate increasing amounts of wealth in fewer and fewer hands. Fair and progressive taxation, good governance and effective regulation are needed to guarantee quality public services for all.
Date
Jun. 24, 2009
Report EPSU 8th Congress: Our aims for Quality Public Services – Quality of Life 2009-2014
”Quality Public Services – Quality of Life” – this resolution calls on EPSU to continue its campaign for EU legislation to protect public services and for an EU Action Programme on ‘quality public services’.
Jan. 25, 2010
EPSU contribution to the consultation on the future of "EU 2020" strategy COM(2009)647 final
EPSU is pleased to contribute to the consultation, in complement to the remarks submitted by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). We support the aim of an overarching strategy for the EU, and we agree with the Commission that “we live in an age when the divisions between different policy fields are increasingly artificial.