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Social Europe articles on politics

Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher that publishes content examining issues in politics, economy and employment & labour. This archive brings together Social Europe articles on political issues.

centre left,representation gap,dissatisfaction with democracy

How to move forward

by Sheri Berman on 27th October 2020

Sheri Berman explores how progressives can offer viable solutions and build effective political coalitions to reverse the populist victories since the financial crisis.

Europe’s labour markets cushioned against the coronavirus

by Maria Figueroa, Ian Greer and Toralf Pusch on 26th October 2020

Short-time work has prevented a drastic slump in employment in Europe. The United States has not been so lucky.

EU-China investment deal,EU-China trade deal

US presidential election: last call for the liberal world order?

by Valerio Alfonso Bruno and Vittorio Emanuele Parsi on 26th October 2020

Some might have taken for granted the liberal world order of postwar decades. Until Donald Trump trashed it.

African-Americans, Black Lives Matter, BLM

Freedom is why Black Lives Matter

by Corey Wiggins on 22nd October 2020

The US presidential election highlights the gap between the promise of freedom and justice and reality for African-Americans fuelling the recent protests.

biodiversity

Europe’s hidden biodiversity crisis

by Laura Hildt and Patrick ten Brink on 21st October 2020

A damning new report reveals the grim decline of nature in the European Union. The member states have the opportunity this week to begin to repair the damage.

social dialogue

Social dialogue: an opportunity in the midst of crisis

by Veronica Nilsson on 20th October 2020

Some claim social dialogue is a luxury in a crisis when quick decisions are needed. On the contrary, the pandemic has proved.

union-busting,trade union rights

Fair wages are key to Europe’s recovery

by Esther Lynch on 20th October 2020

Ensuring a high wage floor in the EU is not just the right thing to do to lift the low paid but is integral to recovery from the pandemic.

EU recovery package,Next Generation EU

China takes the climate stage

by Adam Tooze on 19th October 2020

Adam Tooze assesses the significance of China’s goal-setting for climate neutrality.

rule of law, article 7, Hungary, Poland

Evaluating democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU

by Birgit Sippel on 19th October 2020

The defence of universal norms needs to be broadened beyond Hungary and Poland and beyond the rule of law.

health and safety, occupational safety and health

Time for a holistic workplace health-and-wellbeing strategy

by Maria Petmesidou and Ana Guillén on 15th October 2020

The pandemic demands moving beyond the fragmented and compartmentalised approach to occupational health and safety in the EU.

white working class

Are there any persuadable voters left in the US?

by Karen Nussbaum on 14th October 2020

‘White working-class men’ are seen as the hard core of Trump’s support, yet a big group of working-class voters—black, brown and white—are persuadable.

transatlantic relations

Reviving transatlantic relations after Trump

by Max Bergmann on 12th October 2020

If Joe Biden were to win the White House, transatlantic relations could return to default or be transformed—with much depending on how Europe reacted.

strategic autonomy

Golden Dawn verdict—no sunset for the far right

by Paul Mason on 12th October 2020

Paul Mason argues that with authoritarian conservatives in the White House and the Kremlin it’s no surprise the far right is thriving in Europe.

unemployment

EU labour markets in the pandemic: unemployment only part of the story

by Andrew Watt on 9th October 2020

The good news is that unemployment has only risen modestly so far; the bad news is that hours worked have plummeted.

structural racism, systemic racism, institutional racism, police brutality

Why Europe has a racism problem

by Ojeaku Nwabuzo and Georgina Siklossy on 8th October 2020

The big challenge is to move from a perspective of individual discrimination towards addressing systemic racism.

social fabric

Taking Europe’s pandemic pulse

by Juan Menéndez-Valdés on 7th October 2020

A tentative growth in trust shows Covid-19 has not yet torn the social fabric of Europe.

gig workers

Collective-bargaining rights for platform workers

by Nicola Countouris and Valerio De Stefano on 6th October 2020

The pioneering Danish collective agreement on platform-based domestic workers has been vitiated by a misguided ruling by its competition authority.

mobile work

Mind the gap

by Oliver Suchy on 6th October 2020

The digitalisation of work, despite its potential, risks becoming an impersonal means by which employers tilt the balance of power.

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With a pandemic raging, for those countries most affected by Brexit the end of the transition could not come at a worse time. Yet, might the UK's withdrawal be a blessing in disguise? With its biggest veto player gone, might the European Pillar of Social Rights take centre stage? This book brings together leading experts in European politics and policy to examine social citizenship rights across the European continent in the wake of Brexit. Will member states see an enhanced social Europe or a race to the bottom?

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