INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS Solidarity in the Economic Crisis Challenges and Expectations for European Trade Unions May 2011 „ „ Annelie Buntenbach(DGB, Germany) Alternatives Are Possible and Necessary „ „ David Begg(ICTU, Ireland) It’s Back to Basics for the ETUC „ „ Erich Foglar(ÖGB, Austria) A Fundamental Political Alternative to the EU Internal Competition Model „ „ Agnes Jongerius(FNV, The Netherlands) Social Europe as Our Way out of the Crisis „ „ Wanja Lundby-Wedin(LO, Sweden) We need to Re-establish the European Union as a Union that Serves its Citizens „ „ Yannis Panagopoulos(GSEE, Greece) A European Strategy for Solidarity, Employment and Rights „ „ João Proença(UGT, Portugal) Response of the Trade Union Movement in Defence of Employment, Cohesion and the Construction of Europe „ „ Jaroslav Zavadil(CMKOS, Czech Republic) Solidarity Remains Our Common Principle