
EU credibility as a people’s union rests on the social pillar
Buffeted by the pandemic and by populism, the EU needs the European Pillar of Social Rights to become a solid anchor of security for all.
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Liina Carr was re-elected confederal secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation at the ETUC Congress in 2019.

Buffeted by the pandemic and by populism, the EU needs the European Pillar of Social Rights to become a solid anchor of security for all.

As Europe’s exchequers go deep into the red due to the pandemic, a co-ordinated approach to corporate taxation is ever-more urgent.

The principle of ‘sustainability first’ should become the golden thread unifying all EU actions.

What makes Europe different from many other parts of the world? One answer is social protection: the principle of assisting the most vulnerable in society

After months of argument which brought hundreds of thousands of protestors onto the streets of European cities, the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

As the weather cools and Europeans get back to work after the summer break, the temperature of the EU trade policy row is hotting up.