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How the Right Hijacked the Working Class for Culture Wars Politics

How the Right Hijacked the Working Class for Culture Wars

Justus Seuferle

The alliance between reactionary forces and the working class is not built on shared economic interests but on a manufactured sense of cultural identity.

What Germany’s Election Means for the Western Left Politics

What Germany’s Election Means for the Western Left

Bartosz Rydliński

Fear of being left behind economically and socially proved to be potent fuel for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which for the first time won more votes than the Social Democrats.

Europe’s Last Chance: Why the Union Must Reform or Face Ruin Politics

Europe’s Last Chance: Why the Union Must Reform or Face Ruin

Luca Fossati

Amid global autocrats and rising inequality, the European Union’s future hinges on structural reforms, ambitious investments and sustainability.

The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be? Politics

The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be?

Roland Erne

Court challenge to EU minimum wage directive exposes tensions between legal interpretation, political compromise and social policy.

How to Finance European Defence? Politics

How to Finance European Defence?

Andris Šuvajevs

Europe must balance rising defence needs with social spending, or risk political turmoil and far-right gains.

Europe Needs an Ambitious Clean Industrial Deal with a Strong Social Heart Politics

Europe Needs an Ambitious Clean Industrial Deal with a Strong Social Heart

Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès

Europe must act now to secure industrial jobs, ensure a Just Transition, and strengthen social conditions.

The Transatlantic Alliance Is Dying—What Comes Next for Europe? Politics

The Transatlantic Alliance Is Dying—What Comes Next for Europe?

Frank Hoffer

With US power in retreat, Europe must decide: unite, or face irrelevance in a dangerous world.

Europe Alone Politics

Europe Alone

Manuel Muñiz

Europe stands at a crossroads: unite, rearm, and lead—or risk irrelevance in a dangerous new world.

Trump’s Trade War Tears North America Apart – Could Canada and Mexico Turn to Europe? Economy

Trump’s Trade War Tears North America Apart – Could Canada and Mexico Turn to Europe?

Malcolm Fairbrother

As Donald Trump dismantles free trade, Canada and Mexico face an urgent choice: endure or pivot.

Facing Trump: Why Europe Must Revive Common Debt Politics

Facing Trump: Why Europe Must Revive Common Debt

Guillaume Duval

Mario Draghi’s report called for bold investment and common debt issuing, but it is fuelling a dangerous deregulatory push across Europe.

Austria’s Conservatives Trapped: Coalition or Collapse? Politics

Austria’s Conservatives Trapped: Coalition or Collapse?

Gabriela Greilinger

The ÖVP’s’ coalition gamble failed, leaving Austrian politics adrift.

Totalitarian Democracy: How Populist Leaders Are Undermining Democracy Politics

Totalitarian Democracy: How Populist Leaders Are Undermining Democracy

Bo Rothstein

Populist leaders exploit democracy to consolidate power, dismantle institutions and sideline expertise.

PartnerUp: Transforming Adult Education Through Lifelong Learning and Collaboration in Europe Politics

PartnerUp: Transforming Adult Education Through Lifelong Learning and Collaboration in Europe

Charalambos Vrasidas

Read about the achievements of PartnerUp Project.

China’s DeepSeek Is Changing the AI Race—What is Europe’s Edge? Politics

China’s DeepSeek Is Changing the AI Race—What is Europe’s Edge?

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough challenges US dominance and disrupts global competition.

The OECD’s Demographic Time Bomb: Why Governments Must Rethink Social Protection Now Politics

The OECD’s Demographic Time Bomb: Why Governments Must Rethink Social Protection Now

Veronica Nilsson and Adnan Habibija

Ageing populations and falling birth rates threaten social protection.

Human Rights on the Edge Society

Human Rights on the Edge

Nicholas Bequelin

Can human rights survive the decline of global Western hegemony?

Why Good Business Leaders Tune Out the Trump Noise and Stay Focused Economy

Why Good Business Leaders Tune Out the Trump Noise and Stay Focused

Stefan Stern

Amid political chaos, smart executives keep their eyes on real growth—green tech, innovation, and long-term resilience.

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Real wages in the European Union continued their decline in 2023—despite an acceleration in nominal wage growth and falling inflation rates. For the current year, there are only tentative signs of a slow recovery in the purchasing power of wages.

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