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Oct 7, 2024 — Rebuilding trust in democracy in Moldova. Moldova’s political leadership is more focused on suppressing dissent than tackling public concerns. Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. This archive brings together Social Europe articles on political issues.
Trust in crisis: Europe’s social contract under threat
Sep 16, 2024 — The European Parliament elections in June represented a pivotal moment, with a surge of far-right parties in some European Union member states.While this was not universal, with centrist and green parties holding firm and even gaining ground in some countries, there were nevertheless significant advances for Eurocritical parties which stoked public concerns, tapping into years of eroding trust ...
A ‘manifesto’ for 2024 - socialeurope.eu
The European Parliament elections in June 2024 will be of huge significance for the future of the European Union—a Zeitenwende.Critical action must be taken in the rest of this decade if the EU is to achieve the 55 per cent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions targeted for 2030 and to mobilise the international support required to meet the +1.5C ceiling on global temperature increase set in ...
Draghi’s Wake-Up Call: Will Europe Act or Snooze?
2 days ago — But will Draghi’s alarm be heard, or will European policymakers hit the snooze button? The report points to three areas where Europe is economically challenged. The European Union lags behind the United States and China in innovation, especially in areas involving advanced technologies. Its competitiveness is handicapped by high energy prices.
The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ agenda: A risky shift in …
Oct 11, 2024 — The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ shift signals a move toward individual responsibility and crisis management in social policy. The new European Commission will no longer include a commissioner for employment. Instead, if confirmed, Romanian Roxana Mînzatu will be responsible for “people, skills, and preparedness.”.
Inequality In Europe
Europe-Wide Inequality Michael Dauderstädt. Reducing European Inequality: Cohesion Through Convergence Michael Dauderstädt. Inequality in Europe: complex and multidimensional Michael Dauderstädt. In cooperation with our partners from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Hans Böckler Stiftung as well as Member of the European Parliament Javi.
Social democracy: its history and its future - Social Europe
Apr 19, 2024 — You mentioned that in the postwar period perhaps they could have done something else. The postwar period was actually very challenging for social democracy because, with the exception of Britain right after the second world war, where it won a landslide victory but very shortly afterwards was in opposition, and with the exception of Scandinavian countries, social-democratic parties were in ...
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.
Stepping up the EU agenda on social citizenship
Apr 12, 2024 — On Tuesday a ‘High-level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights’, organised by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU, will adopt an inter-institutional declaration to renew the commitment to the EPSR, promulgated in 2017.