EUROPE 2020 : SOCIO-ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS PINPOINT WEAKNESSES.

The trade unions are disappointed in the Europe 2020' strategy presented, on 3 March, by the European Commission, saying it does not respond to today's socio-economic problems. "The 2020 exercise so far is flawed and disappointing. There is a desperate need for the EU and the rest of the world to digest what caused the crisis and how we can avoid a repeat," declared John Monk, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). He mentioned a number of problems: dealing with rising unemployment, especially among young people, tackling...