A lack of affordable housing in urban centres is driving political instability across Central and Eastern Europe.

The EU's flagship Just Transition Fund, designed to mitigate social inequalities, faces significant challenges in achieving its ambitious goals.

The European Union must urgently address AI's profound impact on employment, income, and social cohesion.

Europe is on a self-destructive course with no plausible remedies for mounting problems. The result is widespread uncertainty, helplessness and fear.

Europe’s pervasive far-right challenge is enduring.The Competitiveness Trap: Why Only Shared Prosperity Delivers Economic Strength—and Resilience Against the Far Right Marija Bartl 14th July 2025 ...

The European Trade Union Confederation is urgently calling for a new directive to protect workers from the escalating dangers of extreme heat.

Sweden pioneered welfare privatisation, and its controversial model is now being exported across the continent. The Swedish Economic Crime Authority recently reported that a number of healthcare ...

Amidst geopolitical shifts, the notion that Europe must choose between security and social support is not only politically dangerous but also economically unsound.

Europe stands at a crossroads: unite, rearm, and lead—or risk irrelevance in a dangerous new world. Europe increasingly finds itself alone in the international arena. It is slowly but unmistakably ...

As the European Union enters a defining period, EU Forward provides a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the seismic political, economic, and social challenges of the second half of the 2020s.

EU’s minimum wage directive is under threat.The European Minimum Wage Directive, however, is grounded in the idea that it does not directly define wage levels or specific procedures for setting ...

The 2024 Stability and Growth Pact reforms entrench austerity and stifle investment—challenging the new EU Commission to reverse Europe’s economic decline. Fiscal policies in Eurozone countries have ...