ATTAC IN EUROPE: FUTURE STRATEGIES

During the last months, the boards of Attacs discussed the future common campaigns and organized here a seminar on strategies attended by approx. 70 persons from almost all the different Attacs.

State of affairs: Neoliberalism is facing a big crisis: Crisis of financial market, scarcity of oil and resources (food as well), climate crisis. These are all caused by political decisions, leading to the feeling that democracy is also in crisis.

Proposals

One campaign on “building the social Europe we want”, following the 10 principles and linking the privatisation, worker's rights and ecological issues. We will have to bear in mind that a social Europe is incompatible with the current treaties and the current external policies of Europe towards the rest of the world.

One other campaign on Finance, our fundamental topic, with the possibility to organize an alternative Ecofin early 2009 in Czech Republic.

These campaigns will have to fight the core of the political problem: Capitalism

Method 

• Make alliances that cannot be limited to these with trade unions. Based on the Bolkenstein experience, we need to initiate with other partners if we want to influence the trade unions. Opportunity to work with the ETUC and others against the “working time” directive
  
  
• Prepare common material (posters, stickers, educational kits)‏
  
  
• Determine shared time-tables of activities (11th october 2008: respect of the irish NO, alternative “ Spring summit “ in March 2009, March against poverty in 2010, action in Luxemburg against the European court of justice, etc.)‏
  
  
• Form coordinating groups for two Attac campaigns (presented into more details later)‏

The campaigns must be decided by each national Attac