The so-called „Bolkestein Directive”

The so-called „Bolkestein Directive” is the last of a long series of steps on the way towards the complete deconstruction of the welfare state and the liquidation of the last social privileges in the whole of the European Union. As anarchists, we don’t consider state guarantees as a solution worth fighting for. We are too aware of the corrupting character of any government and the ineptitude of bureaucrats. These characteristics of a the state system mean that a “welfare state” can only be a farce.

Nonetheless we cannot be silent when the arguments of “greater competitiveness” and “flexible labour market” are used to deprive masses of workers of any chances for a better future. So-called “free market” processes are completely unable to ensure healthy norms of social existence. On the long term, these processes can only mean the levelling to the bottom of the level of life of workers in all of the EU contries.
We don’t have any illusions. We know that a decent social status of workers will not be achieved through laws and actions within the legal framework of the capitalist system. Nonetheless we have to express our protest and fight with all available means against the increasing exploitation of workers. Let’s be realists! Let’s demand the impossible! With radical protests we can force the authorities give us concessions! Let us not be fooled by empty talk about “common interests of employers and employees”. We want only one thing from the government and the capitalists: we want them to disappear off the face of the earth!