Nora Back: upgrade must not lead to social reduction

The OGBL is « for a sovereign and a strong Europe that can defend itself, » said the Freshly re -elected union president Nora Back on Monday morning at RTL. It is also in favor of supporting Ukraine in its fight against the attack that is contrary to international law.

« What alarmed us is that there is talk of war capacity in our countries instead of defense ability. What alarming us is an attempt to make up for a missed industrial policy in Europe with an upgrading hype, » she says. She fears that this is at the expense of social policy, « if huge defense budgets are now decided and the armaments companies go through the ceilings. »

Finance Minister Gilles Roth had RTL on Saturday Said that around 400 million euros are additionally necessary to achieve the two percent goal in defense. Back welcomed the government’s insurance in the interview that the upgrade would not be at the expense of social policy. « We will pursue this and we will remind you of it. It shouldn’t flow a euro from the working people, » she said.

Deficit less than suspected

Roth had announced that there would only be a deficit of almost 100 million in the last year. In December, estimates of 300 million euros had been assumed. Nevertheless, the finance minister warned against spending too much money. Back, on the other hand, already sees a reason for « more euphoria ». One could think about higher social spending.

It refers to the still high risk of poverty in Luxembourg. Only Romania and Greece are worse in the EU than the Grand Duchy. « In Luxembourg there are a few people who own a lot and a lot of people who have little, » she said.