Christian Schweiger

Christian Schweiger is visiting professor of comparative European governance systems in the Institute for Political Science at Chemnitz University of Technology. Recent publications include Exploring the EU’s Legitimacy Crisis: The Dark Heart of Europe (Edward Elgar 2016) and Central and Eastern Europe in the EU: Challenges and Perspectives under Crisis Conditions (with Anna Visvizi, Edward Elgar 2018).

Christian Schweiger

Creating social legitimacy in the EU

Christian Schweiger 3rd July 2019

The EU will only survive long-term if it builds its future agenda on broad public support through open dialogue and innovative consultation.

Progressive Politics: Permanent Austerity Stranglehold?

Christian Schweiger 29th May 2015

Europe’s centre-left, progressive politics is in crisis, maybe in its most existential crisis since the foundation of the Social Democratic movement in the late 19th century. Currently only a small number of countries in the EU are led by a Social Democrat. Where Social Democrats are in government their poll ratings either stagnate or decline. […]

Read FEPS new book ‘A new Gender Equality Contract for Europe’!

Just as the European Commission is about to enter its new term and as concerns have been high on the lack of ambition on equality policy, this publication offers a timely reflection on the need for a new gender contract for Europe!
Read the new open-access book “A New Gender Equality Contract for Europe”, which argues why gender equality should become a unifying force (the glue!) towards more egalitarian, solidaristic and caring societies.
The topics include education, reproductive health, labour, care, cultural rights, democracy, climate, and Feminist Foreign Policy. Featuring gender experts from diverse disciplines and backgrounds across Europe, the book connects feminist academic intelligence with hands-on policymaking.

By FEPS and Fondation Jean-Jaurès, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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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 tentative signs only of a slow recovery of the purchasing power of wages. A resumption of real wage growth would stabilise the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is not over from workers' point of view: they have borne the brunt of the 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 labour and capital.

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