After the meeting of the Economic and Social Committee, one of the EU’s advisory bodies, which will take him to replace the Greek Dimitris Dimitriadis, Mario Sepi will chair a debate in the Brussels HQ of the European Parliament, called "Rights and solidarity to guide globalisation. A response to the financial crisis". "One would respond to this crisis by joining forces but one has to consider its impact on the real economy, not just look at the stock exchanges or at the monetary problems", explains Sepi to SIR. "I would add that the mission of the European Union in this respect is to prove that globalisation may be guided, and that this process requires the promotion of rights and solidarity" among peoples and states. Can you give us a preview of the initiatives you would like to take as president of Cese? "In December I would like to promote an international conference about the situation of the world markets, by bringing together bankers, industrialists, people from the work world. In other words, the voices of real economy". According to Sepi, "this is the time to reassure the savers but we must also promote productive investments to set the economic machine in motion again".
