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Jobbik delegation’s Sofia visit reveals launch date of signiture collection for the Wage Union
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Jobbik’s president Gábor Vona and MP Márton Gyöngyösi, the representative of the Citizens’ Committee for the wage union initiative met the Bulgarian supporters of the project, the VMRO in Sofia on 10th July. The negotiations covered such issues as the utilization of the social and political potential lying in the Wage Union concept, the specifications of the cooperation between the two parties as well as the details of the campaign. First and foremost, it was also revealed when you can grab your pen or keyboard to submit your statement to support the idea of ensuring equal wages for equal work across the EU.
The two Jobbik MPs met three politicians representing VMRO, the junior coalition partner of the Bulgarian government: MEP Angel Dzhambazki, MP Julian Angelov and Mihail Petrov, the president of the party’s youth organization.
Reforming the EU is a strategic issue
“We believe we can create a Europe where we, Eastern Central European nations can feel good, too,” emphasized Gábor Vona in the Sofia meeting of the two rightist parties, adding that this concept was neither utopian nor populist but a strategic goal – regardless of what critics say. However, the president also noted that Eastern Central European nations must do their own job to make the West consider them as equal partners instead of cheap labour and easy market.
In Mr Vona’s view, this is the only way to prevent the brain drain from causing a grave disaster in the affected countries. Describing the current situation, he said: “Our youth emigrate while people of Asia and Africa want to immigrate into our country.” Jobbik’s primary goal is to enable everyone to prosper in their own homeland for which we need a fair and just Europe, he said, explaining that the concept reached far beyond the issue of wages: “If we fail to voice our needs, we will be left with a European Union that is good for others but not for us.”
VMRO representative Julian Angelov stated: “This initiative was launched at the best possible time because wage inequalities make our countries lose their population and end up in a disastrous economic situation.” Talking about the emigration of the Eastern Member States’ population, the MP said it was a vital issue just like the question what kind of European Union we would have in the future or what would the role of the eastern states be in the system: “Will we be a mixture of cheap labour force and some economic subcontractors for Germany or will there be a booming, prosperous community across the whole continent?”