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Europe Needs A Public Investment Revolution To Secure Its Economic Future

Philipp Heimberger and Cara Dabrowski

Boosting infrastructure spending would stimulate growth and employment without threatening debt sustainability.

The Real Digital Revolution At Work: Why Platformisation Matters More Than Robots

Enrique Fernández-Macías, Ignacio Gonzalez-Vazquez, Laura Nurski and Sergio Torrejon Perez

The digital transformation of work isn't destroying jobs through automation—it's fundamentally reshaping how work is organised, managed and controlled.

Paradise Lost: New Zealand’s Crisis Of State And Identity

Grant Duncan

As economic stagnation meets constitutional discord, the remote archipelago faces fundamental questions about its future as a unified nation.

From Surveillance To Sedation: The Rise Of Blue Pill Capitalism

Henning Meyer

We are witnessing a disturbing evolution in digital capitalism—from harvesting our data to trapping us in fantasies that profit from our isolation.

Europe’s Social Innovation Revolution: From Crisis Response To Systemic Transformation

Sofia Lai Amândio and Jürgen Holwaldt

Bold investment in social innovation is essential if Europe wants to tackle twenty-first-century challenges beyond market and state solutions.

The Digital Imperative for European SMEs

Elena Biaggi

Europe's SME digital divide persists despite EU efforts, with financial constraints and skills shortages hindering transformation.

Why Europe Needs an Industrial Policy for Services

Dani Rodrik

Manufacturing can't create jobs anymore. Services must step up—with smart policy to boost productivity.

Digital Europe: Brand of Countries or Countries with a Brand?

Carlos H. Jerónimo

The EU abolished physical borders decades ago, yet digital walls fragment the continent more than ever before.

Belgian Workers March Against Austerity As Government Targets The Most Vulnerable

Marie-Hélène Ska

Bold promises of sustainable jobs and increased purchasing power have evaporated into austerity measures that spare only the wealthy.

The “Deliveroo” Theory of Politics

Andrés Velasco

Populists win despite delivery: identity politics, grievance, and scapegoating trump economic performance and competence.

The Roots of Europe’s Mental Health Crisis Run Deep

Hans Dubois

Europe's mental health crisis demands urgent action on social conditions, not just healthcare services.

Keir Starmer Finds His Fighting Spirit: Labour’s Blueprint to Beat Back the Far Right

Paul Mason

With Reform surging ahead, Labour must win the narrative battle or face electoral oblivion by 2029.

Could Ukraine’s Reparations Loan End The EU’s Paralysing Foreign Policy Veto?

Guillaume Duval

A €140 billion loan secured against frozen Russian assets may force Europe to abandon unanimity voting—and finally give the EU real geopolitical power.

The Sun Sets on the Transatlantic Dream

Joschka Fischer

As Trump weakens Western alliances and democracy erodes at home, Europeans confront a painful truth: yesterday's world is gone.

Finland’s Right-Wing Coalition Plans Fifty Years of Austerity Through National Debt Brake

Otto Kyyrönen

Finland's government wants public debt below 40 percent of GDP, forcing decades of cuts stricter than EU rules.

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Cohesion Policy

S&D Position Paper on Cohesion Policy post-2027: a resilient future for European territorial equity

Cohesion Policy seeks to foster balanced development and reduce economic, social, and territorial disparities, focusing on rural areas, regions in industrial transition, and those with severe or permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, including outermost, sparsely populated, island, cross-border, and mountain regions.

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In a context of growing direct employee voice in workplace innovation processes, the BroadVoice project explored how worker representatives and industrial relations can play a role in these dynamics. Based on a two-year study in 24 workplaces across six European countries, this comparative report, edited by Vassil Kirov (IPS-BAS) and Ilaria Armaroli (ADAPT), highlights the evolving contours of workplace democracy shaped by the involvement of worker representation in employee-driven innovation.

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New Eurofound research reveals a complex picture of mental health in Europe post-pandemic. While some factors show improvement, concerning trends persist, including an alarming halt to the decades-long decline in suicide rates. A new episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast explores these issues, highlighting that vulnerable groups are being disproportionately affected. It also discusses how significant barriers to mental healthcare—such as stigma and long waiting lists—are leaving many without vital support.
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Spring Issues

Join the conference “Understanding the power of AI over decisions”

Join the conference 'Understanding the power of AI over decisions' on 5 November at the EESC in collaboration with the EESC Workers' Group - Spaces are limited!
Continuing FEPS’ longstanding working relationship with Nordic trade unions, this event will launch the book "Algorithmic rule", on how AI systems already influence public and workplace decisions, ahead of the upcoming legislative proposal on AI in the workplace.
It will also inaugurate the exhibition "My boss, the algorithm"!

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WSI Report

WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the European Minimum Wage Directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage.

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