Pascoe Sabido

Pascoe Sabido (pascoe@corporateeurope.org) is a researcher and campaigner at the lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory. His work focuses on exposing the influence of the fossil-fuel lobby over decision-making in the European Union and the United Nations. He is also part of the climate-justice movement.

Pascoe Sabido

No gala for gas: annual jamboree postponed

Pascoe Sabido 26th March 2024

The European Gas Conference in Vienna has been postponed in anticipation of climate-justice protests.

Will this be the last European Gas Conference?

Pascoe Sabido 24th March 2023

The IPCC says the world is in the last-chance saloon. Yet fossil-gas executives eye deals in Vienna.

EU hydrogen targets—a neo-colonial resource grab

Pascoe Sabido and Chloé Mikolajczak 24th May 2022

The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies.

Why Europe can’t break free from the gas lobby

Pascoe Sabido 13th April 2022

Europe’s problem isn’t just dependence on Russian oil and gas. It’s dependence on fossil fuels, period.

The Spring issue of The Progressive Post is out!

Since President Trump’s inauguration, the US – hitherto the cornerstone of Western security – is destabilising the world order it helped to build. The US security umbrella is apparently closing on Europe, Ukraine finds itself less and less protected, and the traditional defender of free trade is now shutting the door to foreign goods, sending stock markets on a rollercoaster. How will the European Union respond to this dramatic landscape change? .

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss European defence strategies, assess how the US president's recent announcements will impact international trade and explore the risks  and opportunities that algorithms pose for workers.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. The background to this is the implementation of the European Minimum Wage Directive, which has led to a reorientation of minimum wage policy in many countries and is thus boosting the dynamics of minimum wages. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50 % of the average wage. However, for Germany, a structural increase is still necessary to make progress towards an adequate minimum wage.

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S&D Position Paper on Cohesion Policy post-2027: a resilient future for European territorial equity”,

Cohesion Policy aims to promote harmonious development and reduce economic, social and territorial disparities between the regions of the Union, and the backwardness of the least favoured regions with a particular focus on rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as outermost regions, regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border and mountain regions.

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How are minimum wage levels changing in Europe?

In a new Eurofound Talks podcast episode, host Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound expert Carlos Vacas Soriano about recent changes to minimum wages in Europe and their implications.

Listeners can delve into the intricacies of Europe's minimum wage dynamics and the driving factors behind these shifts. The conversation also highlights the broader effects of minimum wage changes on income inequality and gender equality.

Listen to the episode for free. Also make sure to subscribe to Eurofound Talks so you don’t miss an episode!

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No gala for gas: annual jamboree postponed

Will this be the last European Gas Conference?

EU hydrogen targets—a neo-colonial resource grab

Why Europe can’t break free from the gas lobby

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