Rehn asserted that the “Rigidities in product and labour markets contribute to high and rising unemployment, and more generally hinder the adjustment of the economy”.

He concluded, “Steps have been taken, the reform agenda is incomplete, and even the adopted reforms have not shown all its effects because of its delay”.

One of the steps referred by Rehn is the Popular Party (PP) government’s labour reform, which has led to an increase of almost 1 million unemployed since its introduction last year. The reform made it cheaper and easier for companies to sack workers and slash payments in the ERE and other redundancy schemes and also meant a de facto end to collective wage bargaining by giving priority to agreements reached at company level over those agreed nationally.

Currently, unemployment standsthey already know. The system is rigged in favor of a sort of political and financial royalty of which they will never be a part. The single-issue candidacy criticism is another ridiculous argument against the populist message that is rolling in waves throughout this nation, thanks to Bernie Sanders. Young people around me were high-fiving me and stomping their approval to the points Bernie made that tied us back to the central theme that resonates through this campaign and permeates our democracy—the system is rigged in favor of the monied interests and not in favor of the people.

Perhaps he has done it before, but Bernie also called those gathered in Denver to recall the words of Abraham Lincoln when he spoke during his Gettysburg Address on November 19,