The Force Ouvriere trade union confederation throws its support to the GSEE, which is calling workers to a general strike on February 24 to protest against the consequences of the European institutions’ statements and decisions, which lead to frozen salaries, decreased retirement pensions, dismissed public services, and a serious attack on the rights of workers.

Force Ouvriere denounces the harmful actions of rating agencies and banks such as Goldman Sachs, which has acted as both the bad advisor for the Greek government and the leader in speculating the Greek debt in the financial markets.

Like the GSEE in Greece, Force Ouvriere believes that the European Union must change its priorities by abandoning its submission to the principles of economic liberalism which drive the supremacy of the financial markets and instead adopt a strategy of social progress.