Euromemo Group

EuroMemorandum 2013

The deepening crisis in the European Union: The need for a fundamental change

The European Union is facing an increasingly severe crisis. The EuroMemorandum 2013 critically analyses recent economic developments in Europe and emphasises the need for an alternative economic policy. Neo-liberal policies adopted by European and national authorities in response to the crisis have exacerbated unemployment and social hardship across much of Europe. The EuroMemorandum is intended as a contribution to developing initiatives by intellectual and social movements to promote greater coordination among movements at a European level and a different Europe that is based on the principles of democratic participation, social justice and environmental sustainability.

The EuroMemorandum 2013 can be downloaded here. More than 350 economists and social scientists from all over Europe and beyond have declared their support for the new EuroMemorandum (click here for the list of signatories).

Long versions of the EuroMemorandum 2013 are available in

English: The deepening crisis in the European Union
French: L’approfondissement de la crise dans l’Union européenne
German: Die Krise in der Europäischen Union verschärft sich
Greek: Η επιδείνωση της κρίσης της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και η ανάγκη για θεμελιώδεις αλλαγές
Italian: Unione europea: la crisi è più grave
Spanish: La profundización de la crisis en la Unión Europea

The summary of the EuroMemorandum 2013 is available in several European languages.

English: Summary The deepening crisis in the European Union
Finnish: Tiivistelmä Euroopan Unionin syvenevä kriisi
French: Résumé L’approfondissement de la crise dans l’Union européenne
German: Zusammenfassung Die Krise in der Europäischen Union verschärft sich
Greek: Περίληψη The deepening crisis in the European Union
Italian: Sommario Unione europea: la crisi è più grave
Japanese: 概要 The deepening crisis in the European Union
Polish: Streszczenie Poglebiajacy sie kryzys w Unii Europejskiej
Serbian: Sažetak Produblivanje krize u europskoj uniji
Slovenian: Povzetek Poglabljanje krize v Evropski uniji
Spanish: Resumen La profundización de la crisis en la Unión Europea
Swedish: Sammanfattning EU:s kris djupnar
Turkish: Özet Avrupa Birligi’nin Derinlesen Krizi

Printed versions of the EuroMemorandum 2013

The EuroMemorandum 2013 “The deepening crisis in the European Union: The need for a fundamental change” is now available as booklet in English, French and German. To order printed versions, please contact transform!europe for the English version, Espaces Marx for the French version (3 euro) or Zeitschrift Sozialismus for the German version (6,50 euro).

The full text of the EuroMemorandum draws on discussions and papers presented at the 18th Workshop on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe, organised by the EuroMemo Group, from 28-30 September 2012 in Poznan, Poland.