Author: Jan Willem Goudriaan

Europe’s Circular Economy Act Will Fail Without Workers at Its Heart

Two union leaders warn that waste, repair and recycling jobs risk becoming Europe's next low-pay, high-hazard market.

Europe spends €2 trillion a year buying goods and services; treating that money as mere book-keeping squanders a decisive democratic lever.

Europe's industrial policy risks becoming a corporate giveaway unless strict social and environmental conditions are attached.

European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.

Staff shortages represent a risk to occupational health and an EU directive should mandate member states to address them.

Belgian civil-society organisations issue a call to the presidency of the Council of the EU.

The European Health Data Space under negotiations will turn citizens’ medical data into profits for US technology corporations.

The European Health Data Space should serve patients and healthcare workers, not private profit.

An EU committee for social dialogue in social services is a gain for the sector and an advance for the process.

Europe must reject a return to austerity and support the workers who promote social wellbeing.

The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners.

The European Political Community will be a distraction, at best, in the institutional architecture of the continent.

Workers from across Europe descended on Brussels to demand adequate investment in health and social care.

The European Care Strategy is a step in the right direction but care workers need more.

The forthcoming European Care Strategy must seek to return long-term care to public control.

Strong public administrations and well-funded public services are needed to ‘build back better’ after the pandemic.