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The Kremlin’s suicidal imperialism

Nina L Khrushcheva

The more apparent it is that Russia is losing, the more forcefully Vladimir Putin declares that it is not.

Achieving wage justice in Europe

Oliver Roethig

Making public contracts for private firms conditional on collective agreements can help stem the falling labour share.

Green Deal: the light at the end of the crisis tunnel

Patrick ten Brink and Alberto Vela

The faster we deploy the European Green Deal, the quicker we become crisis-proof. Brussels must resist siren calls for inertia.

Toward a progressive economic agenda

Mariana Mazzucato

To win power, progressive leaders must articulate a coherent economic policy, focusing not only on redistribution but also value creation.

Regulating platform work in Europe: a work in progress

Dragoș Adăscăliței

Divergences between the European Commission and the European Parliament reveal the real challenges of regulating the platform economy.

Health and safety: Europe’s patchy commitment

Claes-Mikael Ståhl and Owen Tudor

The European Union must stop compromising on the fundamental right of workers to health and safety.

From ‘free-market’ to subsidised capitalism

Paul Sweeney

To deal with the climate crisis, governments must recognise that only the state has allowed the last three crises to be contained.

Tackling the roots of gender-based violence

Ivana Bacik

A new declaration based on the Istanbul convention carries forward the struggle against a pervasive social phenomenon.

Towards social sustainability: a social taxonomy

Judith Vorbach and Susanne Wixforth

A ‘social taxonomy’ should be developed as a counterpart to the green investment taxonomy, with comprehensive employee involvement.

Does the United Nations still exist?

Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace.

EU must act to stop refugee pushbacks in Greece

Tineke Strik, Erik Marquardt and Saskia Bricmont

Lack of action has allowed Greece to build a dark system of pushbacks, surveillance and other fundamental rights violations.

Turkey: from polarisation to pluralism

Halil Karaveli

Could an Alevi social democrat defeat the authoritarian Erdoğan in next year’s election?

Reclaim your space through lesbian resistance!

Silvia Casalino and Zita Gurmai

Lesbian feminists gather today for a conference in Budapest facing a ‘gender ideology’ backlash.

Children a conflict’s most vulnerable victims

Inger Ashing

Europe must put children first in its response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Italy’s election: a far-right high, on a low budget

Valerio Alfonso Bruno

The honeymoon for a Meloni-led, right-wing government may prove to be shortlived.

Climate change: what Europeans think

Rory Fitzgerald

The latest European Social Survey shows rising concern about climate change. But is it enough?

Reasonable left, irresponsible right

Robert Misik

Amid burgeoning crises, Robert Misik writes, the left finds itself assuming the mantle of responsibility.

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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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