Ψήφισμα του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης με αριθμό 1884 (2012), όπου αναφέρεται ξεκάθαρα, μεταξύ άλλων, ότι τα μνημόνια αποτελούν μια αυτόνομη αιτία επιδείνωσης των κρίσεων στις χώρες της Ευρωπαικής Ένωσης. (http://assembly.coe.int)

Resolution 1884 (2012)1 Final version Austerity measures – a danger for democracy and social rights Parliamentary Assembly

  1. Since 2009, strict austerity programmes have been applied across Europe with the intention of consolidating public budgets. More recently, both the economic effectiveness of austerity measures and the root causes of the crisis are increasingly being questioned by international experts and organisations. The short- and long-term negative effects of the measures on democratic processes and social rights standards have also come in for criticism.
  2. The Parliamentary Assembly is worried about the impact of current austerity programmes on democratic and social rights standards. It is concerned that the restrictive approaches currently pursued, predominantly based on budgetary cuts in social expenditure, may not reach their objective of consolidating public budgets, but risk further deepening the crisis and undermining social rights as they mainly affect lower income classes and the most vulnerable categories of the population.

Assembly debate on 26 June 2012 (21st and 22nd Sittings) (see Doc. 12948, report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Mr Hunko). Text adopted by the Assembly on 26 June 2012 (22nd Sitting).

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