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The invisible victims of the climate crisis

Theodota Nantsou and Konstantinos Vlachopoulos

It is time to open a discussion on Europe’s role in the protection of climate refugees.

Running towards inclusion: the power of sports

Lars Bosselmann

The Paralympics highlight the need for year-round activity to include people with disabilities in sports.

European Social Charter: France’s ‘overseas’ gap

Sabrina Cajoly

Millions of European citizens are denied the social-rights protection offered by the European Social Charter.

The conflicting missions of Viktor Orbán

Stephen Pogány

The Hungarian premier’s alignment with Putin’s Russia sits increasingly uneasily with his domestic and European political ambitions.

Neoliberalism is blocking green growth

Laura Carvalho

Climate change is a global challenge, yet trade rules do not allow developing countries to break with neoliberal orthodoxy.

The Tesla dispute: a new frontier?

Darragh Golden

In the face of a prolonged strike for union recognition, Tesla has turned posted workers into strike-breakers.

Social dialogue: defending democracy in practice

Claes-Mikael Ståhl

In the face of the threat from the far right, trade unions represent democracy’s strongest supporters.

Social Europe against all odds—but is it enough?

Henri Haapanala and Pietro Valetto

Ursula von der Leyen, reaffirmed, promised initiatives on affordable housing and poverty. Ending poverty by 2040 should be the goal.

Reality bites: the incursion of the real into post-politics

Marc Saxer

The crisis of neoliberalism and war in Europe have left all that was solid melting into air.

How Big Oil gaslights Europe on climate policy

Tom Holen

In the race against climate catastrophe, decades-old fossil-fuel-industry narratives retard the green transition.

Pornography, patriarchy and the western Balkans

Tea Kljajić

Revenge pornography is rife in the western Balkans. Ahead of EU accession, abuse laws need radical reform.

Labour’s labour agenda—and a European reset

Ivan Williams Jimenez

A worker-centred agenda from the new UK government could counterbalance the European shift to the right.

Development: better days could lie ahead (yes, really)

Vilgot Österlund

Overwhelmed by the ‘polycrisis’, it is easy to miss some positive indicators of global development.

What Labour needs to succeed

Mariana Mazzucato and Sarah Doyle

Labour’s mission-oriented industrial strategy for the UK requires a restructuring of how government operates.

Trump and the darkness threatening US politics

Richard Hargy

Over the past three years, the US has witnessed a surge in violence which has seen toxic discourse infect its body politic.

The young generation needs quality traineeships

Marc Steiert

The proposed directive regulating traineeships must push the envelope on European Union social policy.

Rebuilding trust in democracy in Moldova

Stanislav Pavlovschi

Moldova’s political leadership is more focused on suppressing dissent than tackling public concerns.

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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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Read the book "The open future and its enemies" 

A robust democracy must not leave the future in the hands of the alliance between Big Tech and the far right. AI must be politically reined in and democratically shaped so that humanity retains its sovereignty.

Artificial intelligence is regarded as the driving force of progress. Yet it has long since become a challenge to democracy. The book argues that uncontrolled AI will erode our freedom, self-determination and democracy.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2026

Minimum wage policy across Europe has shifted significantly, with many EU countries raising wages above average and anchoring them to adequate living standards. This trend is consolidating as countries increasingly adopt the reference values recommended in the European Minimum Wage Directive — recently upheld by the European Court of Justice.

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S&D Africa Days 2026

We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the S&D Africa Days 2026, taking place on 30 June and 1 July 2026, in Brussels. 

At a time when Africa is too often viewed through narrow and one-sided narratives, this initiative reflects a key political priority for the S&D Group: to advance a renewed, forward-looking partnership of equals between Europe and Africa based on equality, solidarity, social justice and shared progress. 

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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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