Carlos Vacas-Soriano is a research manager in the employment unit at Eurofound. He works on wage and income inequalities, minimum wages, low pay, temporary employment and employment quality.| Social Europe
As Trump weakens Western alliances and democracy erodes at home, Europeans confront a painful truth: yesterday's world is gone.| Social Europe
Finland's government wants public debt below 40 percent of GDP, forcing decades of cuts stricter than EU rules.| Social Europe
Cities face crises first. Investing in capable, adaptive local governments is essential for resilience, inclusion, and democracy.| Social Europe
The EU must abandon insularity and embrace global partnerships in futures governance to secure its place in a rapidly changing world.| Social Europe
New technologies drive inequality by concentrating capital income. Three policy approaches can help spread ownership and moderate disparities.| Social Europe
Despite EU commitments to equality, children at risk of poverty remain severely underrepresented in early childhood education programs.| Social Europe
From $100,000 work visas to million-dollar “gold cards,” Trump turns government services into transactions for the highest bidder.| Social Europe
European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.| Social Europe
As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.| Social Europe
Extreme wealth concentration across the EU undermines opportunity and security for millions while property ownership becomes increasingly unattainable.| Social Europe
Josep Borrell is a former Spanish minister, former President of the European Parliament and former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-president of the European Commission.| Social Europe
Guy Verhofstadt is a former Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Movement International.| Social Europe
Domènec Ruiz Devesa is a former Member of the European Parliament and President of the Union of European Federalists.| Social Europe
A prominent economist's attack on an entire generation ignores economic facts and threatens social cohesion.| Social Europe
Europe must choose: federal union and self-determination, or decline into division and American vassalage.| Social Europe
Addressing Europe’s huge challenges requires treating Europe as more than the sum of its national parts.| Social Europe
Our mission is to strengthen democracy by discussing solutions to the most pressing political, economic and social issues of our time.| Social Europe
Lagging investment in clean technologies poses a greater risk to European jobs than the green transition itself.| Social Europe
As fossil fuel dependency threatens sovereignty, the EU's fragmented response deepens existing inequalities.| Social Europe
Inequality fuels crisis — for people, planet, democracy and the next generation. It’s time to act.| Social Europe
Despite past failures, growing public support and recent international initiatives offer Copenhagen an opportunity to push for wealth taxation.| Social Europe
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The European Union faces an existential choice: succumb to economic nationalism or forge a new transatlantic order.| Social Europe
Financial integration is not the problem, writes Peter Bofinger. It is the still national segmentation of government bonds.| Social Europe
Peter Bofinger is professor of economics at Würzburg University and a former member of the German Council of Economic Experts.| Social Europe
Germany scraps its debt brake, unleashing a 500-billion-euro investment plan that could transform infrastructure, defence, and economic growth.| Social Europe
As democracy falters, voters turn to populists. Can innovation save democracy from its outdated frameworks?| Social Europe
Whatever the legal determination, Israel already faces a symbolic reversal in the claim of 'genocide' against it in The Hague.| Social Europe
Coming EU guidance on independent living should not squander the chance to improve the lives of millions of disabled people.| Social Europe
