https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/EU-SURE-initiative-saving-jobs-or-pleasing-investors https://internationalviewpoint.org/EU-SURE-initiative-saving-jobs-or-pleasing-investors 2020-11-15T06:56:56Z text/html en Herman Michiel, Klaus Dräger European Union <p>When the European Commission finally realized that something serious was going on with corona, it launched, among other things, an initiative to support short-time work schemes, as Germany did as a reaction to the 2007/9 ‘financial crisis'. Similar measures were introduced in many EU countries at national level to cope with the economic and social effects of the pandemic. <br class='autobr' /> On 2 April the EU launched SURE. The idea was that member states could take out cheap loans to financially support (…)</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV550-November-2020-" rel="directory">IV550 - November 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-European-Union-+" rel="tag">European Union</a>