Saskia Bricmont

Saskia Bricmont has been a member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is a member of the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) and INTA (International Trade) committees. Respect for human rights, particularly children’s rights, is the common thread of her political commitment.

Saskia Bricmont

After the Pegasus inquiry: watching Big Brother

Saskia Bricmont 23rd June 2023

The European Parliament’s inquiry on Pegasus is over; the struggle for freedom from illegitimate surveillance is not.

Listening in on the lives of others

Saskia Bricmont 10th November 2022

‘National security’ has become the new excuse to spy on political opponents and journalists in Europe.

EU must act to stop refugee pushbacks in Greece

Saskia Bricmont 3rd October 2022

Lack of action has allowed Greece to build a dark system of pushbacks, surveillance and other fundamental rights violations.

The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out!

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.

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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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The evolution of working conditions in Europe

This episode of Eurofound Talks examines the evolving landscape of European working conditions, situated at the nexus of profound technological transformation.

Mary McCaughey speaks with Barbara Gerstenberger, Eurofound's Head of Unit for Working Life, who leverages insights from the 35-year history of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS).

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EU must act to stop refugee pushbacks in Greece

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