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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.

Simon Wren-Lewis

Brexit And Democracy

by Simon Wren-Lewis on 11th August 2017

A constant refrain from politicians and others is that we have to leave the EU because we have to respect democracy, where by democracy they mean that 52% voted to do so. Arguments that the vote was based on lies by the Leave side are met with dismissive remarks like both sides were the same, […]

Thorsten Schulten

Why Won’t Wages In Europe Rise As They Should?

by Thorsten Schulten and Malte Luebker on 9th August 2017

The economic mainstream is perplexed: growth is finally taking hold across Europe, economic forecasts have been revised upwards, and employment is expanding. The only indicator that stubbornly refuses to follow suit is wage growth, defying textbooks and economic orthodoxy alike. Bloomberg has called it the “mystery of missing wage growth,” the Financial Times writes about […]

Daniel Gros

Why Are Illiberal Democrats Popular?

by Daniel Gros on 9th August 2017

The rise of “illiberal democracy” in Europe is one of the most baneful trends of our time. These regimes are typically centered on a leader who concentrates power by overriding – and in some cases eliminating – institutional checks and balances. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán represent three of […]

Anita Tiefensee

A Big Legacy: Wealth In Europe

by Anita Tiefensee on 7th August 2017

The material prosperity of people consists of two main resources: income and wealth. The possession of wealth, in particular, offers extended consumption options, can make good a loss of income and secures one’s own pension – for example, via owner-occupied housing. Furthermore, it can finance the education of children and is built up to enable […]

Riddle: When Is A Chlorinated Chicken Better Than A Regulated Banana?

by Colin Crouch on 7th August 2017

Answer: When the chicken has been accepted in an across-the-table negotiation, and the banana regulation has been agreed among a group of partners on the same side of the table. If you grasped that riddle, you will be ready for this one: When does submission to a rule constitute an offence against national sovereignty? Answer: […]

Mark Leonard

Germany’s New Power Of The Purse

by Mark Leonard on 4th August 2017

Last week, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel interrupted his holiday on the North Sea to respond to Turkey’s jailing of a German human-rights activist. Gabriel warned German tourists about the dangers of visiting Turkey, and advised German firms to think twice before investing in a country where the authorities’ commitment to the rule of law […]

Martina Bisello

Labour Mobility In Europe During The Great Recession

by Martina Bisello, Vincenzo Maccarrone and Enrique Fernández-Macías on 3rd August 2017

The Great Recession had lasting effects on European labour markets, both in terms of employment levels and structure. Not only did employment rates drop significantly – taking years to return to pre-crisis levels, with some countries not fully recovered yet – but the crisis also accelerated structural change and generalised a pattern of job polarisation […]

Alexandra Scheele, what is inequality

Gender Pay Gap In Europe

by Alexandra Scheele on 2nd August 2017

Though the two principles “equal pay for equal work” and “equal pay for work of equal value” have been legally fixed with the European Treaty of Rome 1957 as well as with the subsequent Equal Pay Directive 1975, the EU still shows – latest data from 2015 – an average (unadjusted) gender pay gap of […]

Simon Wren-Lewis

#Lexit Fallacies

by Simon Wren-Lewis on 1st August 2017

I often find that arguments for Lexit have many structural similarities to right wing arguments for Brexit. Take Larry Elliott’s latest piece for example. This includes: Sweeping exaggerations that seem designed to trigger nationalist sentiments. We are told that “under Tony Blair, the feeling was that globalisation had made the nation state redundant.” Confusing the […]

Ryan Avent

The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, And Status In The Twenty-first Century

by Ryan Avent on 1st August 2017

Ryan Avent, thank you very much for joining us today. You’ve got a new book out entitled ‘The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century’, and it addresses one of the hottest topics around at the moment – the digital revolution, and what it means for the future of work. So, […]

Rene Cuperus

Dutch Summer Festival: How Populism Is Mindf***ing And Fragmenting Traditional Politics

by Rene Cuperus on 31st July 2017

Why has the nationalist-populist tsunami, expected to win all 2016-2017 elections, so far been contained to the English-speaking world? This tidal wave peaked with Brexit and Trump’s win of the US presidency. And then it stopped in its tracks. Instead, we have encountered a phenomenon that has been dubbed ’the strange non-death of Old Europe’. […]

Marco Damian

The Crisis Of The French Socialist Party: Does It Still Have A Future?

by Marco Damiani on 27th July 2017

The 2017 presidential and legislative elections in France produced a complete renewal of the country’s political system, with a neophyte president in the shape of Emmanuel Macron suddenly emerging from outside the traditional parties, and a surge in support for anti-establishment parties. On the right, the success of the Front national led Marine Le Pen […]

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