A few hours before the European Commission's presentation of its Europe 2020' communication, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (
EUCDW, part of the EPP) presented, on 3 March, their joint declaration For a social Europe and a social market economy'.
For the first time, on 10 February, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) formed an alliance with the European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (
EUCDW), an association of the EPP, to call for a social Europe and a strengthened European social model.