Almut Möller

Almut Möller is Director for European and Global Affairs and head of the Europe in the World programme.

Almut Möller

A Changing Europe: Strategic Autonomy and Security in 2025 and Beyond

Almut Möller 17th January 2025

Strategic autonomy, internal divisions, and external threats: Can the EU adapt and lead in an era of profound change?

Is This Angela Merkel’s Plan B?

Almut Möller 29th February 2016

In her policy statement to the Bundestag prior to the EU summit last week, Angela Merkel gave an insight into her progress in the search for a joint EU approach to the refugee crisis. The main question for Germany at the summit was: “Have we made so much progress with our European-Turkish approach within the framework of […]

Has Angela Merkel’s Power Peaked?

Almut Möller 9th October 2015

Angela Merkel is under pressure. For many years she has been a rock at Brussels’ conference tables dominated by sobering discussions on the economic and social outlook of EU member states, and the German chancellor has become ever stronger both at home and abroad. While many leaders felt the impact of the economic crisis in […]

AI at Work

How is AI changing the world of work in Europe?

In this special #Eurofound50 and #Cedefop50 joint webinar, Mary McCaughey, Head of Information and Communication at Eurofound, speaks with Dragoș Adăscăliței, Eurofound Research Officer, and Jasper Van Loo, Cedefop Department Coordinator, about how AI is already changing working life in Europe and what needs to be done to harness its tremendous potential while also protecting those who risk being left behind.

The webinar takes place on Tuesday, 11 February. Registrations are now open.

The Politics of Polycrisis book cover

FEPS Progressive Yearbook now available!

With the mission of looking back to look ahead, the Progressive Yearbook focuses on transversal European issues that have left a mark on the previous year and brings forward-looking analyses of the key political developments of the year ahead. It symbolizes FEPS’ readiness to put these issues into perspective.

The Progressive Yearbook features contributions from renowned authors, including politicians, academics, and analysts.

Among key topics: Elections in the EU and the US, political developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Common Agricultural Policy, migration, the new Labour government in the UK, and the state of social democratic forces in Croatia and Germany.

WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2023/2024

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.

A resumption of real wage growth would stabilize the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is far from over from workers' point of view. They have borne the brunt of real income losses associated with the energy-price shock resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The lingering reduction in real wage levels means that wage policy still needs to catch up to contribute to a fairer distribution of the burden between labor and capital.

The Politics of Unpaid Work

This new book published by Oxford University Press presents the findings of the multiannual ERC research project “Researching Precariousness Across the Paid/Unpaid Work Continuum”,
led by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven), which are very important for the prospects of a more equal Europe.

Unpaid labour is no longer limited to the home or volunteer work. It infiltrates paid jobs, eroding rights and deepening inequality. From freelancers’ extra hours to care workers’ unpaid duties, it sustains precarity and fuels inequity. This book exposes the hidden forces behind unpaid labour and calls for systemic change to confront this pressing issue.

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