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Why the centre-left has to remake democracy

Daron Acemoglu

Democrats must offer more than opposition—they need a bold vision for economic and political renewal.

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Limited options to change employers keep wages low

Wouter Zwysen

Concentrated labour markets and non-compete agreements erode worker bargaining power.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

Progressives Under Pressure: Confronting the Gradual Rise of Authoritarianism

Robert Misik

Progressives face the urgent challenge of defending democracy without reinforcing the very divisions that fuel its decline.

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The vanishing act of Social Europe: Will it rise again?

Dominic Afscharian

Grand promises of a “strong social Europe” have given way to a sidelined agenda.

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Industrial Policy: Key to Europe’s Role in a Shifting World Order

Karl Aiginger

Europe can assume a greater role, but must uphold its ambitions and forge new partnerships.

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Can Europe overcome the radical right to forge a new path?

Catherine De Vries

The EU faces mounting pressure to address economic, security, and climate challenges.

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America’s Loss Will Not Be Europe’s Gain

Hans Kundnani

Europeans are torn between fearing the vulnerabilities of American decline and seeing in it a chance to assert their own autonomy.

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Who will guard The Guardian?

Stefan Stern

A strike at The Guardian exposes a deeper crisis of solidarity and purpose within the liberal left.

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Australia Bans Kids Under 16 from Social Media in Bold Move Against Big Tech

Peter G. Kirchschlager

Australia’s social media ban for under-16s ignites debate on shielding kids from Big Tech.

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Can Trump broker peace in Ukraine? History may hold the answers

Rigels Lenja

Historical precedents highlight the challenges of finding a sustainable peace.

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Ukraine: Putin ante Portas and Trump in the White House

Frank Hoffer

As the war grinds on with devastating costs, the path to a ceasefire may lie in difficult compromises.

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EU pushes to reclassify platform workers, but how will platforms react?

Tiago Vieira

The EU’s Platform Work Directive aims to end worker misclassification, but its success depends on platform compliance.

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A Vanguard for European Defence

Guido Montani

Rising conflicts and EU aspirations for autonomy revive the call for a European defence force

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How the EU Can Break Barriers for Disabled Workers

Florian Sanden

Reforming state aid rules could revolutionize the integration of disabled people.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

How Trump’s Victory Exposes the Failures of Neoliberalism

Joseph Stiglitz

After decades of inequality and broken promises, voters chose disruption over progress.

Donald Trump — political figure portrait, Social Europe.

Why the Working Class is Turning to the Far Right

Bartosz Rydlinski

Workers feel abandoned by the centre-left. To reclaim their trust, progressives must deliver bold policies and engage directly with their concerns.

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Can the EU Export Its Values? How ‘Social Europe’ Shapes Global Labour Standards 

Damian Raess

How the EU’s Social Europe model influences global labour standards through inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

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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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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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