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Gabriela Greilinger is a PhD student in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where she studies the far right in Europe.

Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Building a New Hegemony — Europe’s Progressives Must Fight Back

Gabriela Greilinger

US plans to bankroll MAGA-aligned think tanks in Europe demand a forceful counterhegemonic response from democratic forces.

The Far Right Is Winning In Austria—Even In Opposition

Gabriela Greilinger

Austria's government cuts welfare whilst hardening on immigration—a losing strategy that strengthens the far right.

Austria’s Conservatives Trapped: Coalition or Collapse?

Gabriela Greilinger

The ÖVP’s’ coalition gamble failed, leaving Austrian politics adrift.

Austria’s Far-Right Revival: How the ÖVP’s U-Turn is Paving the Way for Radical Leadership

Gabriela Greilinger

The Austrian far-right FPÖ’s likely return to government raises concerns about the erosion of liberal democracy.

Far-Right wins in Austria and Germany: what mainstream parties keep getting wrong

Cas Mudde and Gabriela Greilinger

Recent far-right victories in Europe reveal the dangerous effects of mainstreaming extremist views and the urgent need for a new political strategy.

Twenty-four points for social democracy

Gabriela Greilinger

Anchored in classical social-democratic politics, the SPÖ’s vision for Austria offers signposts for the European political family. 

When ‘never again’ becomes ‘again and again’

Gabriela Greilinger

The dalliance of the German AfD with neo-Nazis is echoed by the brazenness of the far right in Austria.

Normalising the far right: a warning from Austria

Gabriela Greilinger

Facing the threat from right-wing populism at June’s Euro-elections, Austria offers lessons for progressives.

Orbán, ethnonationalism and xenophobia

Gabriela Greilinger

Rejection of the EU’s latest plan for a co-ordinated approach to people movement stems from Orbán’s redefinition of Hungary.

New SPÖ leader: can he stem the far-right surge?

Gabriela Greilinger

After months of strife among Austria’s social democrats—and an election screw-up—they have a new leader.

Exploiting every crisis: why the FPÖ is topping the polls

Gabriela Greilinger

At the heart of the scandal that broke the right-wing coalition government in 2019, the Freedom Party is now riding high.

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New Edition - Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2025

Can Europe preserve its distinctive social model while simultaneously rearming, reindustrialising, and reorganising its economy in a more conflictual and competitive world? This is the central question raised in this new edition of the Bilan social, a reference publication released every spring for more than 25 years by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the European Social Observatory (OSE).

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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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The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out! 

The EU is belatedly awakening to a changing Mediterranean sea, where more assertive regional powers are reclaiming a role.

The new issue of the magazine also reflects on how we struggle to keep pace with AI innovations, examines the uncertainties surrounding the execution of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and the risk to human rights posed by the Return Regulation, and focuses on the EU Commission's newly proposed Industrial Accelerator Act.

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Climate policy measures are often met with feelings of powerlessness and disempowerment, triggering fears and resentment. This blog series asks: What does a socially just climate transition look like? How can we create acceptance for just climate policies? 

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“What is the actual purpose of the state?” – this central question is the focus of the analysis. At a time when bureaucratic processes are making life difficult for citizens, the paper proposes a three-part model. It aims at a conception of the state as a platform that helps society build the capabilities it needs to address its problems effectively.

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