Giovanni Gruni, author at Social Europe

Transatlantic trade co-operation: a lever for environmental and labour protection?

If the pitfalls of the last attempted transatlantic trade deal are avoided, this could be a vehicle for improving standards.

Enforcing labour standards via EU free-trade agreements

Giovanni Gruni

Free-trade agreements have raised huge controversy over clauses allowing of corporate challenge. But they can be used to enforce labour standards. The European Union is

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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.