Daniel Seikel, author at Social Europe

Activation Into In-Work Poverty?

A job is the best way out of poverty. This is a widely held belief among European policy-makers. Therefore, labour market reforms in European countries ... Read more

The European Union In Crisis – Is Flexible Integration The Way Forward?

Daniel Seikel

The UK’s Brexit referendum is the latest and most eminent manifestation of the European Union’s severe crisis of legitimacy. An ever-increasing number of Europeans fundamentally

The European Pillar of Social Rights – no ‘social triple A’ for Europe

Daniel Seikel

Shortly after his appointment, the new President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, promised to strengthen the social dimension of the European Union. The so-called

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The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out!

It is time to take action and to forge a path towards a Socialist renewal. European Socialists struggle to balance their responsibilities with the need to take bold positions and actions in the face of many major crises, while far-right political parties are increasingly gaining ground. Against this background, we offer European progressive forces food for thought on projecting themselves into the future.

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss the transformative power of European Social Democracy, examine the far right’s efforts to redesign education systems to serve its own political agenda and highlight the growing threat of anti-gender movements to LGBTIQ+ rights – among other pressing topics.