EU Sources - ETUC says European preference must deliver quality jobs - February 28, 2026

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) stresses that any ‘made in Europe’ policy must deliver quality jobs, strengthen industrial production and secure Europe’s economic future amid rising jobs losses. The ETUC’s call comes after the publication of an op-ed with European Commission Executive Vice-President about plans to introduce a European preference in public procurement, which says: “Whenever European public money is used, it must contribute to European production and quality jobs.” The ETUC stresses that this policy must be backed with massive investment to support a pro-active industrial policy rather than further austerity and must include social conditionalities which ensure public money goes to companies that create and maintain quality jobs in Europe.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.