And I am wondering:
The opposite political pole of Mr Jean-Claude Juncker and MrMartin Schulz.
The candidates who are supported by the European establishment.
If any of those two candidates is elected.
What exactly will he do to immediately end austerity and the failed policies of the so-called «internal devaluation» in Europe?
What exactly will he do to finance from European sources balanced and viable growth in Europe?
What in particular will he do to hold back the humanitarian crisis in Greece?
The people of Europe need commitments and action – not wishes.
They don’t want politics as usual – they want a break with policies and politics as usual.
That’s why they are skeptical about Europe and European integration.
And the Europe of Mr Juncker nad Mr Schulz, is exactly the Europe we want to change.
In place of a Europe of the fear of unemployment and poverty;
In the place of the current Europe that redistributes income to the few and fear to the many;
In place of a Europe in the service of bankers’ needs,
We want a Europe in the service of human needs.
Comrades and Friends,
The European establishment has managed the crisis, not in order to resolve it, but in order to rewrite Europe’s postwar political economy.
In order to trigger the avalanche of capital against labour.
That’s why Chancellor Merkel in Germany, along with the neoliberal bureaucratic elite in Brussels, treats social solidarity and human dignity as economic distortions.
And national sovereignty as a nuisance.
That’s why they are forcing Europe to wear the straightjacket of austerity, discipline and deregulation.
Our own response is straightforward:
The European Union will either be democratic or will not exist.
And these days, it is proven once again, that the greatest threat to democracy is the rise of fascism.
Political developments in Ukraine should alarm each and every citizen in Europe.
It is unacceptable and dangerous that the European political establishment tolerates the neonazi «Right Sector» in positions of power.
It is unacceptable and dangerous that the European political establishment tolerates a Prime Minister giving nazi-style salute.
There are powerful countries in Europe with the historic responsibility not to let persecution of Jews, minorities and communists happen again.
What we immediately need is a peaceful settlement of the crisis.
The only one who has the right to decide for its future is the Ukrainian people itself, in a democratic way.
Comrades and Friends,
I want to make clear once again, that my candidacy, is not a candidacy on behalf of Europe’s South.
It is a candidacy of all European citizens, and especially for the people who suffer from austerity, regardless of their address.
Whether they live in the South of Europe or in the North or in the East or the West.
Whether they live in Slovenia or in Grecce.
We particularly address young men and women.
Because for the first time in postwar Europe, a generation of young people expects to be worse-off than their parents.
The young see their expectations entrapped into long-term unemployment and the prospects of low-wage and jobless growth.
Four million jobless under-25s, in the Euro-zone cannot be tolerated!
One in four young women and men unemployed in Slovenia cannot be tolerated!
A lost generation cannot be tolerated!
We have to act not for them but with them!
And we have to act now!
Comrades and Friends,
We are fighting for a democratic, social and ecological Europe.
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For the democratic reorganization of the European Union.
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To set in motion the ecological transformation of production.
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To reform the European immigration framework.
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We support the immediate repeal of the Memoranda and the coordinated reflation of all European economies.
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We want a genuine European Central Bank, acting as lender of last resort, not only for banks but also for states.
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We believe that Europe needs its own Glass-Steagall Act, in order to separate commercial and investment banking activities and prevent such a dangerous merger of risks into one uncontrolled entity.
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We want effective European legislation which taxes offshore economic and entrepreneurial activities.
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We support the collective, credible and definite resolution of the Eurozone debt crisis through a European Debt Conference, predicated on the 1953 London Conference for Germany’s debt.
