Key message of Markus J. Beyrer at the European pillar of social rights conference

BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer took part in the conference ‘The European Pillar of Social Rights: Going forward together’ organised by the European Commission. Markus J. Beyrer’s key message was: “The persisting social problems in Europe are not due to a lack of social policy measures, but to a lack of global competitiveness. We still need to make half of the way to reduce unemployment to pre-crisis levels. Economic growth, creation of new wealth and expansion of employment are the best answers to citizens’ concerns about the future. We urgently need to progress in improving implementation of national labour market reforms in order to facilitate job creation. Tightening of labour and social security laws would have the opposite effect.” EU cross-industry private employers BusinessEurope and UEAPME, together with 11 EU sectoral employer organisations presented a joint statement “More competitiveness to sustain the social dimension of Europe” at the conference. Photos
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