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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.

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.

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S&D Housing Storytelling

Europeans are struggling with rising housing and rental costs, and we have been working in various ways to address this, because we believe a home is a right for everyone.
 Recently, we travelled across Europe to hear directly from people who struggle to afford a decent place to live. They shared a glimpse of how the housing crisis has affected their lives and why having a home is so important to them. Take a moment to check out their stories. They remind us why it is so urgent to act.

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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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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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Climate policy measures are often met with feelings of powerlessness and disempowerment, triggering fears and resentment. This blog series asks: What does a socially just climate transition look like? How can we create acceptance for just climate policies? 

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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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