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Florian Sanden is policy coordinator at the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), a board member at Neurodiversity Belgium and a member of the advisory board of Interessenvertretung Selbstbestimmt Leben e.V.. He also serves on the WHO Technical Advisory Group on the WHO European framework for action to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities 2022–2030.

How the EU Can Break Barriers for Disabled Workers

Florian Sanden

Reforming state aid rules could revolutionize the integration of disabled people.

For socially fair European disability cards

Florian Sanden

The proposal from the European Commission would fall short of equal citizenship for disabled people.

Disabled people and the right to personal assistance

Florian Sanden

Coming EU guidance on independent living should not squander the chance to improve the lives of millions of disabled people. 

Does the European Care Strategy care about disability?

Florian Sanden

The European Commission’s initiative on long-term care addresses disability yet ignores key aspects of international law.

Deinstitutionalising disabled people—making it happen

Florian Sanden

Adoption of strategies on deinstitutionalisation could reinvigorate a stalled process in Europe.

Disability: EU funding of institutions barely legal

Florian Sanden

Is the European Commission complying with the UN convention on disability vis-à-vis funding institutions from the EU budget?

Deinstitutionalisation, disability and delay

Florian Sanden

After a decade of inertia, the EU has made little progress on the deinstitutionalisation of disabled people.

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A more strategic Europe? Risks and opportunities for the world of work

Europe’s ambition to achieve strategic autonomy is at risk of being undermined from within, according to the annual flagship report by the ETUI and the ETUC. Despite signs of macroeconomic resilience, weakening investment, stalled decarbonisation and growing labour market fragilities are eroding the very foundations on which Europe’s power depends. Once again, the Benchmarking Working Europe 2026 report stands out as an invaluable resource, providing a comprehensive set of indicators illustrated through more than 60 graphs and tables, with analysis from ETUI researchers.

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Is financial resilience and trust in Europe faltering?

In this episode of Eurofound Talks, host Mary McCaughey and senior researcher Eszter Sandor unpack the results of the 2025 Living and Working in the EU e-survey. While headline inflation has stabilised at 2.1%, the data reveals a continent gripped by chronic precariousness, with 57% of respondents now at risk of depression. Mary and Eszter explore how this economic insecurity is impacting institutional trust and democratic engagement.

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Read the book "The open future and its enemies" 

A robust democracy must not leave the future in the hands of the alliance between Big Tech and the far right. AI must be politically reined in and democratically shaped so that humanity retains its sovereignty.

Artificial intelligence is regarded as the driving force of progress. Yet it has long since become a challenge to democracy. The book argues that uncontrolled AI will erode our freedom, self-determination and democracy.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2026

Minimum wage policy across Europe has shifted significantly, with many EU countries raising wages above average and anchoring them to adequate living standards. This trend is consolidating as countries increasingly adopt the reference values recommended in the European Minimum Wage Directive — recently upheld by the European Court of Justice.

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S&D Africa Days 2026

We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the S&D Africa Days 2026, taking place on 30 June and 1 July 2026, in Brussels. 

At a time when Africa is too often viewed through narrow and one-sided narratives, this initiative reflects a key political priority for the S&D Group: to advance a renewed, forward-looking partnership of equals between Europe and Africa based on equality, solidarity, social justice and shared progress. 

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