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Clean power by 2035Ecology

Clean power by 2035

Elisabeth Cremona

A clean, expanded power system can be achieved in Europe by 2035—at no extra cost above stated plans.

EU carbon border tax could hurt developing countriesEcology

EU carbon border tax could hurt developing countries

Miriam González Durántez and Calli Obern

Europe should mitigate the protectionist threat in its climate agenda.

Ensuring adequate minimum wages in an age of inflationEconomy

Ensuring adequate minimum wages in an age of inflation

Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Minimum wages have risen across Europe this year. Inflation is eroding them.

China to the rescue?Politics

China to the rescue?

Branko Milanovic

Who could soften the apocalyptic effects of the war in Ukraine on the global south? China could, says Branko Milanovic.

Public services should not be the victims of inflationEconomy

Public services should not be the victims of inflation

Irene Ovonji-Odida

On UN Public Service Day, many public-service workers and the services they provide remain needlessly impoverished.

Let’s count what really mattersEconomy

Let’s count what really matters

Jayati Ghosh

Tracking four alternative economic indicators would provide a very different view of comparative performance than GDP.

Ukraine and the geopolitics of the energy transitionEcology

Ukraine and the geopolitics of the energy transition

Béla Galgóczi and Paolo Tomassetti

The worst scenario of an ‘unjust transition’ has hoved into view with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But another Europe is possible.

From subsidising energy to reducing dependenceSociety

From subsidising energy to reducing dependence

Hans Dubois

The only answer to energy price inflation is to reduce energy needs and dependence on fossil fuels, prioritising those on low incomes.

A social-democratic decade ahead?Politics

A social-democratic decade ahead?

Robert Misik

Now Austria’s SPÖ too has left its competitors far behind, Robert Misik asks: is the Zeitgeist moving to the left?

Why we are on Brussels’ streetsEconomy

Why we are on Brussels’ streets

Marie Hélène Ska, Miranda Ulens and Olivier Valentin

Tens of thousands of Belgian workers today demand better wages and purchasing power.

Working from a distance: remote or removed?Economy

Working from a distance: remote or removed?

Nicola Countouris and Valerio De Stefano

Remote work will outlast the pandemic. But workers must be inoculated against the risks.

Blindspots in free movement lead to homelessnessSociety

Blindspots in free movement lead to homelessness

Simona Barbu and Sergio Pérez Barranco

Mobile EU citizens can fall through national safety nets.

The urgent need for a post-growth societyEcology

The urgent need for a post-growth society

Dominique Meda

Converting to an economy based on need rather than accumulation is not just an ecological imperative but a social desideratum.

Von der Leyen is losing groundPolitics

Von der Leyen is losing ground

Daniel Freund

If the European Union does not stand up for the rule of law in Poland and Hungary, it will embolden authoritarians everywhere.

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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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ETUI/ETUC conference: A Blueprint for Equality

Join us at the three-day hybrid conference ‘A blueprint for equality’ (22-24 June).

The case against inequality has already been strongly articulated. Inequality is not just incidental to a particular crisis but a structural problem created by an economic model. Now is the time to explore what real equality should look like.

As a media partner of this event, Social Europe is delighted to invite you to this three-day conference, organised by the ETUI and ETUC. More than 90 speakers from the academic world, international organisations, trade unions and NGOs will participate, including the economist Thomas Piketty and the European commissioner Nicolas Schmit.


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Minimum wages in 2022: annual review

Nominal minimum wage rates rose significantly in 2022, compared with 2021. In 20 of the 21 European Union member states with statutory minimum wages, rates increased. When inflation is taken into account, however, the minimum wage increased in real terms in only six member states. If current inflation trends continue, minimum wages will barely grow at all in real terms in any country in 2022.


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EU Care Atlas: a new interactive data map showing how care deficits affect the gender earnings gap in the EU

Browse through the EU Care Atlas, a new interactive data map to help uncover what the statistics are often hiding: how care deficits directly feed into the gender earnings gap.

While attention is often focused on the gender pay gap (13%), the EU Care Atlas brings to light the more worrisome and complex picture of women’s economic inequalities. The pay gap is just one of three main elements that explain the overall earnings gap, which is estimated at 36.7%. The EU Care Atlas illustrates the urgent need to look beyond the pay gap and understand the interplay between the overall earnings gap and care imbalances.


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