Liina Carr

Liina Carr was re-elected confederal secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in 2019, having first been elected in 2015. Her responsibilities include macroeconomic policy, economic governance and the European Semester, the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection, external relations, implementation of UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in the EU and development cooperation, as well as human resources.

Twitter : @liina_carr

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8 April 2021

Labour

It’s time for Europe to rethink our democratic and social models for a post-pandemic world

Liina Carr: “Trade unions must strengthen multilateralism and global governance to provide global responses.”Read the full article

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