Grand promises of a “strong social Europe” have given way to a sidelined agenda. As the Commission shifts focus, the EU must decide: will social policy make a comeback or fade into irrelevance?
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The EU’s Platform Work Directive aims to end worker misclassification and exploitative algorithms, but its success depends on genuine platform compliance.
EU pushes to reclassify platform workers, but how will platforms react?
As Europe braces for mounting crises, a new EU agenda prioritizes security, but at what cost to social justice and climate action?
What is the discussion about? Will the EU directive be implemented?
Germany’s Minimum Wage Controversy: Will the EU Directive Be Enforced?
In favour of a bold investment policy in the EU
Austerity déjà vu: the return of the wrong economic medicine
A vast untapped potential for improving economic progress and social well-being across the EU needs to be unlocked through social investment.
Why social investment holds the key to delivering on the Draghi report
‘People and skills’ … reflections on the new European Commission
The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ agenda: A risky shift in social policy (socialeurope.eu)
Inequality has been falling across Europe. But a backlash driven by fiscal ‘discipline’ and ‘competitiveness’ could reverse that.
In difficult times, social cohesion has improved (socialeurope.eu)
Ursula von der Leyen, reaffirmed, promised initiatives on affordable housing and poverty. Ending poverty by 2040 should be the goal.
‘The EU’s ultra-liberal policies can even be found in Parliament’s toilets’ read the lead into a recent media investigation of cleaners’ abysmal working conditions in the European Parliament. The findings—including the fear of speaking to journalists—should not come as any surprise.
Cleaners come out from the shadows to mobilise (socialeurope.eu)
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