Support by Maltese, Gozitan and EU citizens living in Malta should given to Labour candidates during the forthcoming European elections to help create a social Europe, said Alfred Sant.
“Europe must create a more sustainable society which brings equal opportunities to all Europeans, leaving no one behind,” added Dr Sant when addressing a social activity in Qawra.
“Equal opportunities must be provided by Europe to all, securing a good life for all European citizens, regardless of where they live,” said Sant. “Young people across Europe need decent jobs in their home region.”
Alfred Sant argued that “they need access to proper healthcare and education systems. It is not acceptable that workers who struggled all their life to earn a living, then have to struggle to make ends meet when they retire from work.”
“If I have the support of the electorate, I will continue to push for a coordinated increase in the national minimum wage across Europe, according to each country’s circumstances,” he said.
“Workers will have their living standards improved while employers will not find that their competitors in other member states can beat them in the market because their national minimum wage has not changed. Such a measure is already foreshadowed in the manifesto of the European Socialist Party for the European elections.” remarked Alfred Sant.
He concluded by saying that it is of “paramount importance that in the next European elections we safeguard the interests of young workers, self-employed, pensioners and all those in need of social protection.”