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Florian Sanden

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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🇪🇺 Building a Resilient, Equitable EU Health Union: The S&D Blueprint


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Spring Issues

Read the new book “Algorithmic rule”!”

The future is not simply digital; it is algorithmic. Read the new book “Algorithmic rule”, edited by Maja Fjaestad and Simon Vinge.
The book explores what can be described as algocracy – rule by algorithms.
We need a progressive algorithmic future – an alternative that resists surrendering sovereignty to Big Tech. Transparency is essential, but it is not enough; the deeper challenge is to ensure that citizens and workers themselves influence the algorithms that govern them.

This book is part of the FEPS–Nordic Digital Programme.

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WSI Report

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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Cohesion Policy

S&D Position Paper on Cohesion Policy post-2027: a resilient future for European territorial equity

Cohesion Policy seeks to foster balanced development and reduce economic, social, and territorial disparities, focusing on rural areas, regions in industrial transition, and those with severe or permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, including outermost, sparsely populated, island, cross-border, and mountain regions.

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