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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 …
Germany’s Minimum Wage Controversy: Will the EU Directive Be …
12 hours ago · The European Minimum Wage Directive (2022/2041) adopted in autumn 2022 is the first Europe-wide legal framework to enforce ‘adequate’ minimum wages throughout the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Social Europe against all odds—but is it enough?
Jul 23, 2024 · The guidelines promise a first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan. Von der Leyen acknowledges that European households are spending an ever-growing portion of their …
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 …
Work harder: the Porto Social Summit's call to Europe’s welfare states
Bea Cantillon 14th May 2021. Welfare states are having to run harder to stand still. They need to act in mutual support to win the race against inequality and poverty. Bea Cantillon. The …