Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 12955 | 26 June 2012

The crisis of democracy and the role of the State in today’s Europe

Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Origin - 2012 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 2, add the following sentence:

"In 2012, some Assembly debates are on current "threats to democracy" posed by Europe-wide austerity programmes and their impact upon social and democratic rights, upon local and regional authorities, and in particular upon young people who stand to suffer most from the economic and financial crisis."