Troika: MEPs call for a jobs and social recovery plan

Growing unemployment - especially among the young, leading to their emigration – the loss of small firms and rising poverty rates, even among the middle class, were the key impacts of the economic crisis and adjustment measures designed by the ECB/EU Commission/IMF 'Troika' for Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland, said Employment Committee Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a Resolution voted on on the 13 February 2014.

The report called for a jobs and social recovery plan for these countries.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Ongoing investigation on bailout troikas http://www.europeansources.info/record/former-ecb-chief-blames-governments-for-euro-crisis-ongoing-investigation-on-bailout-troikas/

European Parliament: Press Release, 14.02.14: Troika: EP report includes measures suggested by ordinary people http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140214STO36150/

EUObserver, 14.02.14: MEPs accuse troika of causing 'social tsunami' http://euobserver.com/news/123135

European Parliament: News: Top Stories: Troika inquiry http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/top-stories/content/20140110TST32314/html/Troika-inquiry

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