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MembershipAdsThe transatlantic relationshipThe role of women in the coronavirus economic crisisA capital idea: corporate taxation in a globalised eraMost popularAmazon no longer absorbs carbon—has the world reached the point of no return?by Isabel Schatzschneider on 28th July 2021The news that the Amazon rainforest is no longer a carbon sink puts a further big question-mark against the EU-Mercosur trade deal.ECB strategy review: the mountain has given birth to a mouseby Peter Bofinger on 26th July 2021Peter Bofinger argues that the ECB strategy review represents a missed opportunity.Climate crisis offers way out of monetary orthodoxyby Adam Tooze on 12th July 2021The ECB s strategy review, Adam Tooze writes, says more by its silences than its statements.The soft underbelly of British politicsby Paul Mason on 5th July 2021A by-election in northern England highlights the corrosive atrophying of the UK body politic, Paul Mason writes.Threats to American democracyby Sheri Berman on 7th June 2021Sheri Berman warns that while the threats may seem incremental they pose a real danger—which Europeans should note.PoliticsStefan Löfven—welding progressives together and keeping the far right at bayby Lisa Pelling on 1st September 2021The Swedish social-democrat leader, shortly to step down, didn’t buckle under pressure despite a slender parliamentary hold.How Big Tech money skews the European playing-fieldby Margarida Silva and Max Bank on 1st September 2021Record spending by technology companies lobbying the EU represents a democratic problem.Apocalypse or co-operation?by Jayati Ghosh on 12th August 2021The perfect storm of Covid-19 and climate change, and resulting economic damage, will likely trigger much more social and political instability.Move fast and break Big Tech’s powerby Diego Naranjo on 27th July 2021‘Surveillance capitalism’ can only be regulated on at least a European scale—and the mood for change is growing.EconomyEurope gets back to the work … of getting people to work28th July 2021 By Ray Griffin and Tom Boland The notion that active-labour-market policies are the solution to unemployment has long been an act of faith. That’s the problem.Dedramatising debt28th July 2021 By László Andor Post-pandemic recovery and the green transition—and Europe’s competitiveness—depend on investment financed by joint borrowing.ECB strategy review: the mountain has given birth to a mouse26th July 2021 By Peter Bofinger Peter Bofinger argues that the ECB strategy review represents a missed opportunity.Recruiting irregular migrants to … fight irregular migration23rd July 2021 By Magdalena Ulceluse and Felix Bender The EU directive sanctioning employers for utilising irregular migrants is putting migrant workers who might complain in a Kafkaesque scenario.SocietyThe story of European migration, in one tragedy29th July 2021 By Kate Holman As the 65th anniversary of the Marcinelle mining disaster looms, has Europe forgotten its lesson, of social solidarity amid diversity?A chance for a social future21st July 2021 By Susanne Wixforth and Lukas Wiehler Can the Conference on the Future of Europe be a turning point from a mere economic union to one of social rights? The power of civil society in a post-pandemic world20th July 2021 By Hina Jilani A vibrant civil society is essential to the foundations of democracy—a lesson especially important when those seem under siege.Is Europe socially fit for the ‘Fit for 55’ package?19th July 2021 By Béla Galgóczi The centrality of market mechanisms to the European Commission’s climate package poses big questions as to its effectiveness and distributional impact.EcologyNational egoism versus planetary responsibility23rd August 2021 By Joschka Fischer Tackling the climate crisis is fundamentally incompatible with our understanding of sovereignty.Climate change: labour’s neglected role30th July 2021 By Chris Baldry and Jeff Hyman The Paris Agreement’s goals can not be fulfilled if neoliberalism prevails—which means only labour’s participation can bring success.Maximising the potential of the European Green Deal30th July 2021 By Jon Bloomfield and Fred Steward The European Green Deal doesn’t deserve uncritical support—but nor does it need sniping from the sidelines.Amazon no longer absorbs carbon—has the world reached the point of no return?28th July 2021 By Isabel Schatzschneider The news that the Amazon rainforest is no longer a carbon sink puts a further big question-mark against the EU-Mercosur trade deal.Foundation for European Progressive Studies Advertisement Discover the new issue of the Progressive Post!Social rights for platform workers, fiscal-rules reform and EU enlargement, as well as the challenges and opportunities for social democrats in the post-pandemic context, are the main topics of the latest Progressive Post magazine.After more than a year of the pandemic, we are in a crucial political moment: policy decisions made now will drive reforms and sustainable growth in the years to come. For progressives to take ownership of these topics, this issue of the Progressive Post analyses some of these opportunities.DOWNLOAD HEREILO advertisement Global Wage Report 2020/21: wages and minimum wages in the time of Covid-19The ILO’s Global Wage Report is a key reference on wages and wage inequality for the academic community and policy-makers around the world. This seventh edition examines the evolution of real wages, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. The report includes evidence on how wages evolved in the first half of 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis: in the case of Europe, the report shows 1.2 per cent real wage growth during 2019, while the impact of Covid-19 would have reduced the total wage bill by 6.5 per cent by the second quarter of 2020.The report reviews minimum-wage systems across the world and identifies the conditions under which minimum wages can reduce inequality and presents extensive data on levels of minimum wages, their effectiveness and the number and characteristics of workers paid at or below the minimum wage. It highlights how adequate minimum wages, statutory or negotiated, can play a key role in a human-centred recovery from the crisis. ‘The Global Wage Report is central to the analysis of wage trends and labour market developments as well as to the theoretical debate about the role of labour in the econom’—Hansjörg Herr, Berlin School of Economics and Law.FREE DOWNLOADHans Böckler Stiftung Advertisement WSI policy brief: the formula for a social EuropeThe strengthening of the social dimension of the EU is back on the agenda of European politics. The European Pillar of Social Rights, the revision of the Posted Workers Directive and the initiative for a European minimum wage are interpreted by some as a turning point. However, the road to a more social Europe is still very long. Against that background, this paper formulates a social Europe thus: social minimum standards plus a reconfiguration of the internal market and economic and monetary union in a manner compatible with the pillars of the European social model.FREE DOWNLOADETUI advertisement ETUI policy brief: collective bargaining and self-employed workers—the need for a paradigm shiftEU competition law imposes limits on the scope of collective labour law, as it precludes self-employed workers from collective bargaining. There are a rising number of self-employed workers whose livelihoods are characterised by increasing precariousness and whose working conditions could be improved by ensuring that collective agreements fall outside the scope of competition law.The European Commission intends to reform the scope of EU competition law and this could offer an opportunity to define a new regulatory paradigm. This policy brief discusses a possible reconfiguration of the coexistence between collective bargaining and competition law. Access to collective bargaining should ensure that employing businesses with a dominant bargaining position do not get to define labour conditions.FREE DOWNLOADEurofound advertisement Living, working and Covid-19 (update April 2021): mental health and trust decline across EU as pandemic enters another yearThe third round of Eurofound's Living, working and Covid-19 e-survey, fielded in February and March 2021, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe following nearly a full year of living with restrictions. The report analyses the main findings and tracks developments and trends across the 27 EU member states since the survey was first launched in April 2020. It pinpoints issues that have surfaced over the course of the pandemic, such as increased job insecurity due to the threat of job loss, decline in mental wellbeing, erosion of recent gains in gender equality, fall in trust vis-à-vis institutions, deterioration of work–life balance and growth of vaccine hesitancy. The results of the survey highlight the need for a holistic approach to support all the groups hit hard by the crisis, to prevent them from falling further behind.CLICK FOR MORE INFOAbout Social Europe Our MissionArticle SubmissionLegal DisclosurePrivacy PolicyCopyrightSocial Europe ISSN 2628-7641

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