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Europe Is Fighting the Wrong Tech Battle — Here’s What It Should Do Instead

Marietje Schaake and Max von Thun

Europe’s tech future is at risk—from Trump, Big Tech, and its own flawed competitiveness obsession.

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Europe at a Crossroads: Social Democrats Must Reclaim Iran Diplomacy

Eldar Mamedov

As US-Iran talks teeter, the EU's once-pivotal diplomatic role risks fading. Social Democrats face a crucial moment to revive Europe's voice.

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Labour’s Deafening Silence on Turkey’s Jailed Opposition Leader Raises Eyebrows

Denis MacShane

European leaders speak out as Istanbul’s popular mayor is imprisoned — but Labour remains curiously quiet.

Government and innovation symbol, government building and rocket, Social Europe.

Governments Are Not Startups

Mariana Mazzucato

Governments aren’t startups – and trying to act like one is a fast track to failure.

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Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right

Claes-Mikael Ståhl

Trade unions are poised to defend the institutions that bind society together.

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Trump’s Policies Are Making Europe the New Education Superpower

Polly Toynbee

As America’s global appeal diminishes amid domestic turmoil, Europe emerges as a beacon of stability and cultural leadership.

Protesters with megaphone and signs, graffiti background, Social Europe.

The Reactionary Revolution: How a New Conservatism Rejects the Old Order

Justus Seuferle

A new breed of conservative has emerged, one that paradoxically seeks radical change by yearning for a mythologised past.

Cityscape within a human head, Social Europe.

American Suicide

Joschka Fischer

Mere months into his term, Trump wrecks global trade, abandons allies, empowers rivals, pushing America towards collapse.

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Georgia’s Geopolitical Fixation Masks a Deeper Crisis of Representation

Gia Jorjoliani and Tornike Chivadze

Excessive focus on external threats obscures fundamental flaws in Georgia's political system.

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Fighting for Social Europe When Europe Is at War

Philippe van Parijs

Europe faces its first major conflict since integration began, posing profound questions about unity, security, and the future of its social dimension.

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Tariffs, the Dollar, and the End of Free Trade Consensus

Mark Blyth

Tariffs, crypto grift, and chaos—or is a deeper economic reordering already reshaping the global system?

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Defence or Welfare? Europe Can Afford Both, and Must

Anton Hemerijck and Manos Matsaganis

Amidst geopolitical shifts, the notion that Europe must choose between security and social support is not only politically dangerous but also economically unsound.

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Europe’s Equality Pledge in Peril: Can a Landmark Anti-Discrimination Law Be Saved?

Youri Devuyst

A long-stalled EU proposal to broaden anti-discrimination protections faces withdrawal.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

Trump’s Tariff Gamble: Global Chaos or Calculated Concessions?

Paul Mason

A looming trade war and security threats leave European leaders scrambling to decipher the American president's true intentions.

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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.

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S&D conference The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision, 9 September 2026, European Parliament, Brussels

S&D conference “The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision”

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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EurofoundTalks podcast with Mary McCaughey and Eszter Sandor: Is financial resilience and trust in Europe faltering?

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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Cover of The Progressive Post issue 31, Summer 2026: The Mediterranean, a crowded sea.

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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WSI blog series “Climate Transition: Socially Just and Fair”: How the climate crisis and global migration are linked, by Neva Löw and Maximilian Pichl

How the climate crisis and global migration are linked

The climate crisis and global migration are closely linked. Emancipatory forces must demand and defend the right to be able to leave, but not to have to leave. This means defending and expanding asylum rights.

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Cover of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung analysis The Capability State: A Progressive Vision for the 21st Century by Henning Meyer.

“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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