Faustine Bas-Defossez

Faustine Bas-Defossez is director for nature, health and environment at the European Environmental Bureau.

Faustine Bas-Defossez

2024: a year that will decide the future

Faustine Bas-Defossez 19th December 2023

The European Green Deal faces a fork in the road—between the politics of hope and the politics of fear—as the June elections loom.

Backtracking on a green and just transition?

Faustine Bas-Defossez 4th October 2023

The Granada declaration will signal whether Europe’s leaders can rise to the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.

Nature Restoration Law: an opportunity crucial to seize

Faustine Bas-Defossez 20th July 2023

The EU Nature Restoration Law has been saved but with its ambition deeply eroded—negotiators must restore its aspirations.

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.

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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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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.

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.

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2024: a year that will decide the future

Backtracking on a green and just transition?

Nature Restoration Law: an opportunity crucial to seize

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