Troika asks: Where is the austerity?

GREATER efforts should be made to help the vulnerable and unemployed, according to a member of the troika, who appealed for hard evidence of the effects of the austerity programme on people.

But claims by the troika that the austerity measures were working were dismissed by trade union, social justice and unemployment groups.

Istvan Szekely of the European Commission told the press conference: “We want to work together with everyone to find solutions to difficult problems, and unemployment and the most vulnerable in our society are issues we should make more effort and do everything possible in our capacity to help these people, and this we will do.”