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Justus Seuferle is a political scientist who works for the European Institutions. He writes in a personal capacity.
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The Right’s Pragmatism Is Just Another Ideology in Disguise

Justus Seuferle

Conservatives who deride "isms" are not transcending ideology — they are smuggling theirs in unexamined.

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Domination Without Order: How Libertarianism Betrays the Freedom of the Other

Justus Seuferle

The libertarian promise of freedom masks a darker reality: absolute liberation for the few means domination for the many.

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Why Real Democracy Needs Conflict, Not Consensus

Justus Seuferle

Real democracy thrives on disagreement—unity without conflict often masks power and silences necessary political struggle.

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The Reactionary Revolution: How a New Conservatism Rejects the Old Order

Justus Seuferle

A new breed of conservative has emerged, one that paradoxically seeks radical change by yearning for a mythologised past.

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How the Right Hijacked the Working Class for Culture Wars

Justus Seuferle

The alliance between reactionary forces and the working class is not built on shared economic interests but on a manufactured sense of cultural identity.

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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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In the face of escalating crises, we need a strong understanding of just transition that includes a democratisation of the economy and imagines the socio-ecological transformation from an internationalist perspective.

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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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