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Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society’s most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. This archive page brings together Social Europe articles on political issues.

Remaking a rules-based world order

Marc Saxer 5th January 2023

In an increasingly insecure world, Europe should sponsor a renewal of rules-based multilateralism.

North Kosovo: time to turn to civil society

Ian Bancroft 4th January 2023

The explosive tensions of recent weeks have exposed the limits of the dialogue brokered by the European Union.

The final countdown: the EU, Poland and the rule of law

Piotr Buras 21st December 2022

Faced with financial and political pressures at home, Poland is inching closer to rule-of-law reforms.

Romania and Bulgaria stuck in EU’s second tier

Magdalena Ulceluse 20th December 2022

The vetoing of Romania and Bulgaria joining the Schengen zone sent bad signals to the south-eastern EU member states.

After ‘Qatargate’: how to protect democracy in the EU

Lola Avril, Emilia Korkea-aho and Antoine Vauchez 16th December 2022

The Gulf state’s pursuit of influence shines a light on a systemic problem for the EU—and it’s not a good look.

EU-Africa relations need a new strategy

Nicoletta Pirozzi 12th December 2022

Deeper and more systemic relations between the European Union and Africa, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, would benefit both continents.

Today’s far right and the echoes from history

Robert Misik 28th November 2022

Robert Misik argues today’s extreme right is sponsoring a brutalisation comparable to historical fascism.

Time to confront Europe’s rogue state—Hungary

Stephen Pogány 28th November 2022

For the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, the European Union is the enemy, not Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Pre-empting the coming world war

Paul Mason 21st November 2022

Despite Ukraine, Paul Mason writes, Europe is still not awake to the security threat it faces.

Europe’s winter of change: break-up or breakthrough?

Iren Marinova 19th November 2022

This winter, the European Union is facing a multidimensional crisis which could exacerbate intra-EU divisions and power asymmetries.

What Lula must do

Ilona Szabó 17th November 2022

Facing a deeply divided country and mounting global crises, Brazil’s president-elect has his work cut out.

Listening in on the lives of others

Saskia Bricmont 10th November 2022

‘National security’ has become the new excuse to spy on political opponents and journalists in Europe.

Putting politics back in charge of the economy

Sheri Berman 7th November 2022

In the neoliberal era, economics marginalised the social sciences. But, Sheri Berman writes, only politics can tame capitalism’s chaotic gyrations.

Bolsonarism after Bolsonaro

Camila Villard Duran 1st November 2022

While Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable influence.

Grappling with power imbalances

Jayati Ghosh 31st October 2022

In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.

The left must embrace fiscal restructuring

Guy Standing 25th October 2022

A raft of new instruments are required to address the rentier capitalism of today and the threat to the ecosphere.

Government by finger-pointing

Lisa Pelling 24th October 2022

The new Swedish government, Lisa Pelling writes, is obsessed with stigmatising immigrants and refugees.

Constitutional moments: Chile and Iceland

Thorvaldur Gylfason 20th October 2022

Some perspective on the referendum defeat for Chile’s draft constitution comes from a different quarter—Iceland.

Four legs good, two legs better?

Nadja Salson 18th October 2022

It’s time to stop handing over the keys of state administrations to generalist private consultancy firms.

Realising Europe’s geopolitical vocation

Nicoletta Pirozzi 14th October 2022

Can the European Political Community be the backbone of a new European security architecture? Nicoletta Pirozzi asks.

The Kremlin’s suicidal imperialism

Nina L Khrushcheva 14th October 2022

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

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Response measures to the energy crisis: a missed opportunity to feed the socio-ecological contract

With winter coming and Europe ready to get through it without energy shortages, power cuts and recession, new research conducted by the ETUI in seven EU member states (AT-FR-DE-GR-IT-PL-ES) highlights that, with some 80 per cent of spending being directed to broad-based measures, short-term national government support during the recent energy crisis was poorly targeted. As a result, both social- and climate-policy goals were rather sidelined, with the biggest beneficiaries of public fossil-fuel subsidies being higher income groups and the wealthiest people.


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Climate-change objectives and decarbonisation measures are vital for the future of Europe. But how will these objectives affect employment and the labour market?

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In this new edition of the Progressive Post, the Special Coverage looks at EU fiscal rules, particularly at the long-awaited proposal to reform EU fiscal governance which was presented by the European Commission in April. The plan aimed to address the shortcomings of the current framework, promote growth and sustainability and reduce high public debt ratios but it lacks ambition. It falls short of enabling the green and social transition, and lacks instruments to improve the democratic legitimacy and transparency of the decision-making process.

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WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2022 / 2023

With real wages falling by 4 per cent in 2022, workers in the European Union suffered an unprecedented loss in purchasing power. The reason for this was the rapid increase in consumer prices, behind which nominal wage growth fell significantly. Meanwhile, inflation is no longer driven by energy import prices, but by domestic factors. The increased profit margins of companies are a major reason for persistent inflation. In this difficult environment, trade unions are faced with the challenge of securing real wages—and companies have the responsibility of making their contribution to returning to the path of political stability by reducing excess profits.


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It‘s all about jobs: investing in Europe’s workers and qualifications for a competitive clean economy

An ecological miracle on the labour market? Or rather job losses? The impact on employment and job profiles in Europe of ecological modernisation is a question driving politics and society.

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