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Werner Raza is director of the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) in Vienna.

China’s Overcapacity Problem Is Europe’s Problem Too — But Not in the Way You Might Think

Bernhard Tröster, Simela Papatheophilou and Werner Raza

As Beijing acknowledges its own overcapacity problem, new research reveals a more complex and more enduring threat to European manufacturing.

Industrial Policy Must Include Citizens And Workers

Werner Raza

Europe's twin transformation needs social conditionalities to prevent corporate capture and build democratic legitimacy.

The EU’s Landmark Mercosur Deal Promises Much But Delivers Little

Simela Papatheophilou, Werner Raza and Bernhard Tröster

The revised EU-Mercosur trade deal offers limited economic benefits for Europe, while its environmental provisions may undermine the bloc’s climate ambitions.

Industrial Policy for the Twin Transformation – A Progressive Agenda is Needed Now!

Werner Raza

The EU’s twin transformation requires a careful balance between climate action, digitalisation, and social fairness.

Draghi on ‘competitiveness’: new wine in an old bottle

Werner Raza, Michael Ertl and Michael Soder

The Draghi report contains some useful proposals but fails to match up to the challenges the European Union is facing.

On the road to (no)where? The SDGs at half-time

Werner Raza

In 2015 the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 but real change demands a green social contract.

Trade policy: a call for solidarity

Werner Raza

The age of unbridled free trade is rightfully over. Solidarity should be the new leitmotif of trade policy.

Winning in Ukraine, losing the global south?

Werner Raza

The west’s focus on the war in Ukraine risks a geopolitically counterproductive neglect of the urgent problems of the global south.

Avoiding ‘carbon leakage’—adjustments needed

Werner Raza, Bernhard Tröster, Verena Madner, Birgit Hollaus and Stefan Mayr

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is ecologically justified but difficult to implement.

Global Inequality, Populism And The Future Of Democracy

Werner Raza

The election of Donald Trump to the US Presidency as well as the seemingly inexorable ascendency of right-wing populism in Europe has raised troubling questions

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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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Climate policy measures are often met with feelings of powerlessness and disempowerment, triggering fears and resentment. This blog series asks: What does a socially just climate transition look like? How can we create acceptance for just climate policies? 

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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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