Europe’s Circular Economy Must Be Built for Workers, Not Just Resources
Brussels wants to double recycling by 2030, but efficiency targets alone cannot build a fairer, more resilient economy.
Judith Kirton-Darling
EU Inc Is a Deregulation Tool in Disguise
The Commission’s optional “EU company” lets firms register anywhere and sidestep the national rules that protect workers.
Europe’s Industrial Tsunami Demands a Quality Jobs Act
Europe's industrial transition risks becoming a social tsunami; only binding labour guarantees, not soft coordination, can prevent it.
Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation
The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.
Deregulating Workers’ Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis
Blaming labour protections for factory closures is not industrial policy — it is avoidance dressed as reform.
Don’t Mourn, Organise: Europe’s Path Through Global Turbulence
As geopolitical threats mount and the far right advances, Europe must respond with principled strength and genuine industrial renewal.
Europe’s Industrial Crisis: Invest Now or Accept Decline
Across 18 sectors, only aerospace and defence remain globally competitive—Europe must abandon naivety and act decisively.
Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual
As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.
Europe’s Collective Defence Depends on Economic Security and Social Stability
As EU leaders prioritise military spending, millions of industrial workers face austerity and job losses amid Europe's growing polycrisis.
Europe Needs an Ambitious Clean Industrial Deal with a Strong Social Heart
Europe must act now to secure industrial jobs, ensure a Just Transition, and strengthen social conditions.
Austerity déjà vu: the return of the wrong economic medicine
The EU faces a stark choice: invest boldly in a sustainable, competitive future or risk repeating the mistakes of austerity.
Draghi report: a social agenda is lacking
The report on European ‘competitiveness’ is good on industrial strategy but poor from a social perspective.
Another, reindustrialised Europe is possible
The far right offers no answers to the challenges Europe faces in reinvigorating its industry amid the digital and green transitions.
No ‘business as usual’ for European industry
The choices EU leaders make in the coming years will determine whether European industry has a long-term future.
EU funds need stronger social conditionality
Claes-Mikael Ståhl, Judith Kirton-Darling, Jan Willem Goudriaan, Kristjan Bragason and Oliver Roethig
The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners.
Anticipating the Covid-19 restructuring tsunami
There’s time to avoid the carnage of employer-led restructuring following the pandemic—but only if workers and unions set the agenda.