EUCDW welcomes initiative of the International Monetary Funds IMF against poverty

The International Monetary Funds IMF intends to relieve 19 of the 20 poorest countries of all their debts, so that they can fight poverty. Also the Worldbank intends to decide about a similar measure.

The European Union of Christian Democratic Workers EUCDW sees this as the right steps on the way to achieve one of the most important goals of the next decades: The fight against starvation and poverty. The gulf between rich and poor must not widen.

The EUCDW sees in this initiative an encouraging signal at the beginning of the New Year 2006.

 

The European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (EUCDW) is made up of 22 workers’ organisations from 16 countries and is an association of the European People’s Party (EPP). Officially responsible for the EUCDW is Christoph Weisskirchen, the General Secretary. Tel 0032 2 285 4164, fax 0032 2 285 4141, e-mail: eucdw@epp-eu.org website: www.eucdw.org