Strengthening of social Europe

The defence and promotion of social and labour rights, including a guaranteed right to strike at European level; credible life long learning, active labour market policies including all workers, and the promotion of social and economic security; socially responsible anticipation and management of change;
Financial market re-regulation in Europe and effective supervision, including better corporate governance and regulation of private equity and hedge funds; International coordination on the creation of global consensus on currency markets and financial market regulation; Growth-oriented monetary, fiscal and budgetary policies not inflation-busting and wage moderation;
A European smart growth and investment initiative as a concrete means of stimulating demand and employment growth in the real economy;EU harmonisation of company tax both as a tool to avoid fiscal dumping; An effective industrial policy underpinning sustainable development further development of the integrated approach, bringing together all policies which have an impact on industry: sustainability, regional policies, social policies, education, trade, competition, macro-economic policies etc.;

Greater integration of sustainable development into EU industrial, economic and enterprise policies, including sectoral impact assessments and action plans to promote sustainable development and emissions reductions; the development of new industrial strategies and visions; the maintenance and sustainable upgrading of Europe’s industrial infrastructure;
Bublic R&D investment of at least one percent GDP, the development of innovation alongside R&D programmes, and a framework promoting long-term public-private partnerships for the development of new technologies and markets; renewed efforts to address skills gaps in many industries making the issue a priority in various policy areas (education, labour market policies, science policy).

while prioritising the monitoring of emerging skills needs and establishing sectoral skills councils at EU level, including the social partners; structured involvement of social partners in the decision-making and implementation process, social impact assessments of all Commission legislative proposals, the reinforcement of sectoral social dialogue, and the creation of a tripartite observatory on industrial policy