EU COVID-19 recovery plan must lead the way towards sustainable, green and inclusive economies and societies
Statement co-signed by Social Platform, initiated by SDG Watch Europe on the occasion of the 19 June 2020 European Council meeting
For the COVID-19 Recovery Plan, we call on the EU Institutions and Member States to:
- Let this be a wake-up call: our system is the problem! We need a paradigm shift
- Implement immediate debt cancellation and stop any unjust austerity measures
- Make the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement the guidelines to get out of the crisis
- Fight all other crises, too
- Strengthen the social protection system and make it accessible for all
- Protect our democracies, human and civic rights
- Lead the way to a socially and ecologically sustainable economic system with revised, green budgets
- Ensure transparency of political decisions on COVID-19 and beyond, as well as full inclusion and participation of civil society
- Link economic recovery to clear conditions and say no to bail-outs for polluters and tax havens
- Show transformative global action against poverty and hunger
Read the full statement here.