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Fiscal Consolidation Costs Europe Jobs and Deepens Inequality

Philipp Heimberger and Anna Matzner

New research reveals that EU fiscal tightening reduces output, raises unemployment, and widens income gaps — especially during recessions.

The Locked-Out Generation: Europe’s Housing Market Is Failing Its Young

Marie Hyland

Across the continent, soaring prices and stagnant supply have turned homeownership into a mirage for many young Europeans

Trump The Rebel King

Slavoj Žižek

Donald Trump has taken the exercise of power to its most absurd extreme. He rules a state that he seeks to destroy.

How Orbán’s Fidesz Instrumentalises Hungary’s Roma as an Electoral Prop

Zsuzsanna Árendás and Vera Messing

A senior minister's vulgar remark about Roma "cleaning train toilets" was no gaffe — it was a campaign programme in miniature.

Why a Club of Six Nations Is Both Europe’s Best Hope and Its Greatest Risk

Guillaume Duval

A German proposal to unite the EU's six largest countries confronts a Union paralysed by the dominance of its smallest members.

All Quiet on the Eastern Front

Frank Hoffer

Russia's war on Ukraine grinds into its fifth year, yet the Kremlin's strategic position is deteriorating on every front.

How Gender Attitudes Shape Climate Concerns

Rahel Weier, Miriam Rehm and Neva Löw

Women are more likely to worry about the climate crisis than men. The concept of “hegemonic masculinity” explains this gender gap.

Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Building a New Hegemony — Europe’s Progressives Must Fight Back

Gabriela Greilinger

US plans to bankroll MAGA-aligned think tanks in Europe demand a forceful counterhegemonic response from democratic forces.

Will Democracy Govern Capitalism — or Be Consumed by It?

Joseph Stiglitz and Jayati Ghosh

Taxing extreme wealth and multinationals is essential to defeating "21st-century Caesarism" and reclaiming democratic governance from the global elite.

Europe’s Industrial Workers Back the Green Transition — It’s Political Chaos They Cannot Stomach

Caroline Pilatowicz

Austrian workers embrace sustainability but demand an end to the policy reversals that undermine their confidence and competitiveness.

Democratise Firms to Save Democracy and the Planet

Isabelle Ferreras

To sustain democratic states, we must dismantle the autocracies that persist in our workplaces.

The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast

Dani Rodrik

If Europe is to assert itself on the global stage it needs to restore its self-confidence. Europe’s leaders must have the courage to chart their own course.

Back to the Future: Resisting Fascist Capitalism’s Great Reset

Lina Gálvez Muñoz

Against plutocrats and autocrats, the progressive response must be active defence of equality—not as slogan, but also as material condition.

Britain Must Choose Europe—and Its Leaders Need to Admit It

Paul Mason

The great powers have competing theories of victory; Britain's path leads inevitably to alignment with Europe.

Made in Europe Must Serve Workers, Not Wealthy Shareholders

Jan Willem Goudriaan

Europe's industrial policy risks becoming a corporate giveaway unless strict social and environmental conditions are attached.

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2026

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