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Ukraine could abandon key labour principleEconomy

Ukraine could abandon key labour principle

Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz

The government’s post-war reconstruction plans threaten a ‘Mad Max-style dystopia’, says Ukrainian labour lawyer.

Vehicles and just transition—turning the wheelEcology

Vehicles and just transition—turning the wheel

Sarah Mewes and Gloria Koepke

Coal has been at the heart of the just-transition debate. Cars need to be central too.

Blurring of boundaries in work’s ‘new normal’Economy

Blurring of boundaries in work’s ‘new normal’

Rolf Schmucker

The good news is that ‘hybrid’ working favours employee self-determination. The bad news is it’s hard to keep work at bay.

‘Whatever it takes’, ten years onEconomy

‘Whatever it takes’, ten years on

László Andor and David Rinaldi

A decade ago Mario Draghi helped save the euro and the EU. Yet the lessons have still fully to sink in.

Effective pandemic response must be truly globalSociety

Effective pandemic response must be truly global

Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati Ghosh

The world needs a pandemic preparedness and response strategy built on equitable and representative decision-making.

Dealing with inflation, reallyEconomy

Dealing with inflation, really

Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh bemoans the economics profession’s inability to think beyond crude analyses of inflation—and crude policies to stem it.

European women’s football—still a cold-war divideSociety

European women’s football—still a cold-war divide

Roland Benedikter and Dariusz Wojtaszyn

Why have teams from central and eastern Europe again been absentees?

The productivity slowdown, inflation and austerityEconomy

The productivity slowdown, inflation and austerity

Alfred Kleinknecht

Calls for the ECB to raise rates to stem inflation have missed the negative impact of ‘structural reforms’ of labour markets on innovation.

Ukraine to pass laws wrecking workers’ rightsEconomy

Ukraine to pass laws wrecking workers’ rights

Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz

Zero-hours contracts are set to be legalised and 70 per cent of the workforce exempted from workplace protections.

European union leaders on the fight for democracySociety

European union leaders on the fight for democracy

Karen Nussbaum

As core democratic institutions, trade unions have had to learn hard lessons on defeating authoritarianism.

Is deliberative democracy a hopeless ideal?Politics

Is deliberative democracy a hopeless ideal?

Sacha Rangoni and Pierre-Étienne Vandamme

Churchill said democracy was the worst form of government, except for all the others.

How to restore workers’ rightsEconomy

How to restore workers’ rights

Sharan Burrow

The grim statistics on workers’ rights will only be righted if global standards are properly enforced.

Draghi’s resignation: what next?Politics

Draghi’s resignation: what next?

Valerio Alfonso Bruno and Vittorio Emanuele Parsi

Only one political figure will benefit from chaos in Italy. He is in Moscow, not Rome.

Paving the way for radicalised violencePolitics

Paving the way for radicalised violence

Lisa Pelling

Mainstream politicians, Lisa Pelling writes, must recognise that their words have consequences.

Politicians should stop the ‘Uberisation’ of EU politicsPolitics

Politicians should stop the ‘Uberisation’ of EU politics

Vicky Cann

The Uber Files contain a fearful reference to a European NGO. One of its campaigners responds.

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Fifth round of the Living, working and Covid-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty

The fifth round of Eurofound's e-survey, sampled between March 25th and May 2nd 2022, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe two years after Covid-19 was first detected on the European continent. It also explores the reality of living in a new era of uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, inflation and rising energy prices. The e-survey reveals the heavy toll of the pandemic, with respondents reporting lower trust in institutions than at the onset, poorer mental wellbeing, a rise in unmet healthcare need and an increase in households experiencing energy poverty.


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Discover the summer issue of the Progressive Post!

The summer issue of the Progressive Post magazine from FEPS is out! It offers compelling analysis on: the energy-crisis challenge, Ukraine war, western Balkans, enlargement, housing crisis, rural areas, minimum wage and much more!

Almost five months into the war, and against the backdrop of soaring energy prices, rising inflation, a changing international order, rampant disinformation, the Ukrainian refugee emergency and all the other consequences triggered by the Russian war against Ukraine, the EU finds itself at a historic turning point. It must choose between sticking together, taking bold decisions, and acting accordingly—or, on the other side, allowing indecisiveness and divisions to gain the upper hand.


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Towards a new Minimum Wage Policy in Germany and Europe: WSI minimum wage report 2022

The past year has seen a much higher political profile for the issue of minimum wages, not only in Germany, which has seen fresh initiatives to tackle low pay, but also in those many other countries in Europe that have embarked on substantial and sustained increases in statutory minimum wages. One key benchmark in determining what should count as an adequate minimum wage is the threshold of 60 per cent of the median wage, a ratio that has also played a role in the European Commission's proposals for an EU-level policy on minimum wages. This year's WSI Minimum Wage Report highlights the feasibility of achieving minimum wages that meet this criterion, given the political will. And with an increase to 12 euro per hour planned for autumn 2022, Germany might now find itself promoted from laggard to minimum-wage trailblazer.


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