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Brexit: False Balancing, Frames and Free Radicals in the Media

Johan De Rycker

Even before the result of the British referendum on remaining in or leaving the EU was known, the argument emerged that this plebiscite would unleash

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Negotiating Trade Deals Before Brexit?

Marise Cremona

Sequencing is emerging as a key question as politicians, civil servants and lawyers try to establish a framework for the negotiation of the UK’s withdrawal

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The European Union In Crisis – Is Flexible Integration The Way Forward?

Daniel Seikel

The UK’s Brexit referendum is the latest and most eminent manifestation of the European Union’s severe crisis of legitimacy. An ever-increasing number of Europeans fundamentally

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The Failure Of Free Migration

Robert Skidelsky

The horrendous attack by a French-Tunisian man on a crowd in Nice celebrating Bastille Day, which killed 84 and injured hundreds more, will give National

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UK Labour Difficulties Are Those of 1930s, 1950s, 1980s

Denis MacShane

I was asked by a German friend to explain what is happening inside the British Labour Party. This is what I sent him. In 2011

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The Popular Revolt Against Globalization And The Abdication Of The Left

Dani Rodrik

As the world reels from the Brexit shock, it is dawning on economists and policymakers that they severely underestimated the political fragility of the current

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After Brexit: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is Several Oncoming Trains

Brendan Donnelly

Until the time of writing the chaos wreaked on the United Kingdom by the disruptive and unexpected outcome of Mr. Cameron’s referendum on 23rd June has

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Brexit Shows Us What Real First World Problems Look Like

David Lizoain

Brexit is treated as exceptional when it is symptomatic of a far larger trend. The First World is breaking down, and this is prompting a

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Brexit: A Crisis Long In The Making

Desmond Cohen

What is surprising about the result of the referendum is that so many of us were surprised – astonished may be closer to the truth.

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Five Filters Moderate The Technological Revolution

Henning Meyer

The technological revolution is one of today’s most hotly debated topics in politics, economics and business. It makes politicians wary about which preparatory policies to

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Financing vs. Spending Unions: How To Remedy The Euro Zone’s Original Sin

Thomas Palley

In economic policy, timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The euro zone crisis has been evolving for over seven years, making it difficult to

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Twilight Of The Gods: The Globalisation Losers Hit Back

Wolfgang Kowalsky

True believers in globalisation can be recognised by the following simple characteristic: They are convinced that it benefits all. This credo is being queried since

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Poland: State Neglect In Integrating The ‘Invisible’ Immigrants

Marta Siciarek

Poland, along with other central European countries, has been dealing with several problems concerning integration of immigrants and refugees: their invisibility, reluctance of governments to

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Core Europe To The Rescue: A Conversation With Jürgen Habermas About Brexit And The EU Crisis

Jürgen Habermas

Mr Habermas, did you ever think Brexit would be possible? What did you feel when you heard of the Leave campaign’s victory? It never entered

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Let’s Give A New Boost To European Works Councils

Stan De Spiegelaere

The social policy track record of the European Union is bleak at best. But in one field the EU did make a marked difference: in

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Austerity And Human Rights In An “Anti-Factual” Brexit

Jamie Burton

Remarkably, the profundity of current events is such that even last week’s damning verdict by the UN that the UK breached international human rights law by

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Of Stateless Refugees And Refugee States – For A Post-Brexit Reform Of EU Citizenship

Juliane Sarnes

Europe 1941: A stateless refugee On November 25, 1941, my great-grandfather Max lost German citizenship through the Eleventh Decree to the Reich Citizenship Law, a

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The S&D Group is pleased to invite you to our conference “The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision” on Wednesday, 9 September, from 14:30 to 18:30, in the European Parliament in Brussels as well as online, where we will discuss the geopolitical changes taking place in the Middle East.

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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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The 2025 collective bargaining year in Germany was once again characterised by numerous strikes. The WSI recorded 261 industrial disputes in 2025. For the first time, the WSI has also quantitatively analysed the trade unions` industrial action objectives for 2025.

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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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