ECONOMIC CRISIS : MEP BERES SLAMS EU'S LACK OF SOLIDARITY.

• Position: Pervenche Beres - Brief article

The Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Pervenche Beres of France, criticised the current macroeconomic framework of the European Union, on 14 January. "The tools we currently have to help our economy are old-fashioned, to say the least," she said. "The European Social Fund, the European Globalisation adjustment Fund - they all did not offer enough solidarity for the European Union. All of a sudden the International Monetary Fund is on a...