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Christophe Sente is a fellow of Cevipol (Centre d’Étude de la Vie politique) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His areas of interest include the history of ideas, the evolution of party systems and the transformations of democracy.

What Jürgen Habermas Misses About American Democracy

Christophe Sente

Europe's leading public intellectual offers a flawed, Eurocentric reading of US politics that obscures more than it reveals.

A Transatlantic Reckoning: Why Europe Needs a New Pact Beyond Defence Spending

Christophe Sente

The European Union faces an existential choice: succumb to economic nationalism or forge a new transatlantic order.

France, Europe and another election

Christophe Sente

French voters may have been recalled for a snap domestic election—but the underlying trends have been decades in the making.

Democracy and the future of work

Christophe Sente

Anxiety about the state of democracy amid political polarisation should direct us to an unexpected answer—economic citizenship.

Where is the French left going?

Christophe Sente and Christopher Mackin

Beyond the new electoral formation, a potential avenue is open to democratise work.

The drama of the French presidential election

Christophe Sente and Timothée Duverger

Social democracy is flatlining in a France which otherwise betrays common European features.

Ecosocialism: more than another Third Way

Christophe Sente and Timothée Duverger

The old left was too slow to see beyond materialist consumption. But an ecosocialism can underpin coalitions with the green parties which filled the gap.

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Eurofound Talks: The housing struggles of Europe's youth

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The Great Unravelling

Read the book "The Great Unravelling"

The book "The Great Unravelling", edited by Patrick Diamond and Ania Skrzypek, delves into the impact of growing economic interdependence, free trade and technological change, which has led to new forms of political polarisation that seek to capitalise on and exploit the resentments fuelled by the rise of globalisation.
Featuring a stellar line-up of policymakers, experts and academics, the book assesses whether a viable compromise between globalisation and social progress remains achievable.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the European Minimum Wage Directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage.

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