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Europe’s democracies are failing their youth as short-sighted policies prioritise the needs of older generations, leaving young people without a voice or a future. Andrew Watt has officially taken up his new post as General Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in October 2024, bringing his extensive expertise in economic ...
Society Archives • Social Europe
Sep 16, 2024 · 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 …
A new social contract - Social Europe
Jun 24, 2020 · Some countries will use the Covid-19 crisis to accelerate their attacks on workers. But we can use the International Trade Union Confederation’s 2020 Global Rights Index to stop this, and then reverse it.. We must do this because the 2020 rights index exposes the breakdown of the social contract between governments, employers and workers, with violations of workers’ rights at a seven-year ...
Politics Archives - Social Europe
6 days ago · Far-Right wins in Austria and Germany: what mainstream parties keep getting wrong. Cas Mudde and Gabriela Greilinger 11th October 2024. Recent far-right victories in Europe reveal the dangerous effects of mainstreaming extremist views and the urgent need for a new political strategy.
EU funds need stronger social conditionality - Social Europe
May 11, 2023 · The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners. In May 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal to update the rules contained in the financial regulation (FR) covering the European Union’s general budget, to bring them into line with the principles governing the seven-year multiannual financial framework (MFF ...
Inequality In Europe
In cooperation with our partners from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Hans Böckler Stiftung as well as Member of the European Parliament Javi Lopez, Social Europe examines the different dimensions of inequality in Europe and what kind of policy mix could help addressing them.We bring together some of the best analyses and leading voices in the field and try to …
Creating social legitimacy in the EU - Social Europe
Jul 3, 2019 · Long-term viability. Creating social legitimacy for the EU is a momentous task in an age where European societies face swift and persistent change. Its long-term viability will nevertheless remain in jeopardy if its future economic and political architecture is not based on the support of the people it is supposed to represent.
Addressing poverty and inequality in Europe - Social Europe
Jan 15, 2019 · Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, has published official figures on pan-European poverty and inequality since 2005, in the form of the poverty rate and the S80/S20 ratio.The poverty rate is the proportion of the population which earns less than 60 per cent of median income; since this is a measure of relative rather than absolute poverty, it is also referred to as the at-risk-of-poverty ...
Europe needs a social compass - Social Europe
May 4, 2023 · Europe needs a social compass. Europe is undergoing multiple transitions. For these to succeed, social dialogue to build consensus will be essential. The world of work is in turmoil. It is increasingly obvious that for all the slogans pronounced during the pandemic—‘building back better’, ‘investing in resilience’, ‘recovery and ...
EU social agenda beyond 2024—no time to waste - Social Europe
Feb 7, 2023 · EU social agenda beyond 2024—no time to waste. As a high-level group on social protection and welfare reports today, Belgium’s social-affairs minister advances the next EU social agenda. Platform workers in Turin: many fall through the welfare safety-net because they are not recognised as employees—in 2021 the public prosecutor’s office ...