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. 29, 2005
Joint call on European Parliament to give follow-up to the SGI White Paper
EPSU, together with ETUCE, ETF, Celsig, CEEP, Confrontations Europe, and Eurocities have called in a joint letter on the European Parliament to resolve an ongoing dispute over which EP Committee should take the lead in following up the White Paper on SGI.
Jun. 25, 2005
Stop the GATS power play against citizens of the world ! joint statement
The trade unions and many NGOs worked on a joint statement to demand that negotiators on GATS get serious on taking workers and citizens interests into account, and to prevent that countries get pressured into accepting unfair deals.
Jun. 12, 2005
EPSU delegation meets Commissioner McCreevy on services directive
An EPSU delegation led by Carola Fischbach-Pyttel met Commissioner McCreevy on 13 June to voice concerns on the draft services directive, and in particular about the impact of the directive on public services and workers’ rights.
Mar. 17, 2005
Devastating critique of EU evaluation of SGI: Commission manipulates results
March 2005, Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866 - by David Hall, Director, PSIRU