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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.

How Europe Can Finally Deliver on Its Promise to Children

Dominic Afscharian and Torben Fischer

Nearly a quarter of EU children face poverty—member states must learn from each other's policy successes.

Europe and the End of the Post-War International Order

Stephen Pogány

As great powers abandon international law with impunity, Europe must unite or risk fragmentation and subordination.

Deregulating Workers’ Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis

Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès

Blaming labour protections for factory closures is not industrial policy — it is avoidance dressed as reform.

The Digital Omnibus: Eroding Worker Protection and Rights

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The European Commission's "simplification" package is, in fact, a deregulatory intervention that weakens workers' data rights.

Europe’s Best Tools for Countering Trump

Daniel Gros

Daniel Gros recommends targeted export tariffs, taxes on royalties, and the elimination of US Treasuries’ risk-free status.

Europe’s Budget Gamble: Why Cutting Cohesion Funds Will Backfire

Sonja Hennen and Dominika Biegon

The EU's proposed long-term budget sacrifices the very regional investment and social resilience that underpin competitiveness.

Will the European Union Protect Workers from Deadly Heat?

Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni, Andreas Flouris, Sergio Salas, Sebastian Schneider, Marike Schooneveldt, Ivan Ivanov and Dimitra Theodori

Current legal frameworks leave workers dangerously exposed; only a binding directive can close the gaps.

Why Europe Needs A New Social Federalism

Étienne Balibar, Justine Lacroix, Dominique Méda, Thomas Piketty, Katharina Pistor, Guillaume Sacriste, Antoine Vauchez and Jonathan White

As empires grab resources and discard international law, the EU must forge a new social federalism—or become a vassal.

Should Comparative Economics Still Exist?

Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic asks whether we should continue to teach comparative economic systems to broaden students' horizons, or if the global ubiquity of capitalism renders such historical study obsolete.

Putting People at the Heart of the AI Revolution in Finance

Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi

Europe's financial sector is racing to adopt artificial intelligence—but workers are being left behind without a voice in the transformation.

Trump Has Abandoned the World

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown emphasizes that America’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations is at odds with global public opinion.

Why the Left Must Defend Central Bank Independence

Guillaume Duval

Donald Trump's assault on the Federal Reserve should finally convince progressives that monetary autonomy is a democratic necessity.

AI Note-Takers at Work: The Silent Threat to Privacy and Compliance

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

AI transcription tools promise efficiency but bring legal exposure, surveillance risks, and threats to fundamental rights.

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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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