Social Europe

Politicians score minus 55 with blue-collar voters, a new survey finds.

Eighteen states have activated the escape clause; the growth payoff of additional defence spending is small and the bill lands in 2029.

Since 1995 the EU has promised the Mediterranean shared prosperity; the Industrial Accelerator Act forgets that pledge.

Even with every national plan delivered, global temperatures are set to exceed the 1.5°C threshold within the next few years.

PISA data on a million 15-year-olds show that, in many countries, over 90 per cent of care-minded teenagers expect professional jobs.

Americans spend six working days annually navigating government bureaucracy, a burden that AI could help ease.

After a 413-to-210 vote for binding EU rules on psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work, the Commission has three months to respond.

Estelle Ceulemans’s report would make burnout an occupational disease and strengthen workers’ right to switch off.

Young people shun sex while OpenAI’s agents break out of their sandboxes: both sides are shedding the body.

Only 4.9 per cent of Spaniards collect rent, yet multi-property landlords own over half the homes individuals let.

Lenders slice data-centre loans into tranches and sell them on, yet nobody knows who holds them.

The EU’s wellbeing index rose 9.5 points between 2010 and 2023, against 1.2 for the United States.

Ukrainians risk their lives to refuel as Washington blames them for fuel costs driven by Trump’s war.

A Brussels workshop ranked the signals Europe must track, from junior vacancies to the labour share of GDP.

Over 5,000 arrests in three weeks reveal a republic quicker to discipline teenagers than to teach them.

Europe imported 57 per cent of its energy in 2024, and Hormuz has just sent the bill.

Profits have grown almost twice as fast as pay since 2000, yet workers are told to work longer.

From Italy to Britain, six in ten citizens or more want an independent authority to police AI.

Tariff revenue is bankrolling American tax cuts, and Europe is quietly footing the bill.

Union reps say AI sentiment scores can swing variable pay by up to 40 per cent.

OpenAI’s agents breached Hugging Face because peers were doing it, a flaw rooted in how labs train models.

Technological breakthroughs do not automatically deliver shared prosperity.

The most precarious group grew from two to 54 per cent of Italy’s platform workforce in three years.

Washington has sanctioned nine of the court’s 18 judges and now threatens the institution itself, yet Brussels hesitates.

Twelve thousand Duisburg steelworkers marched for green steel: employee voice can accelerate transition rather than block it.

Nearly 96 per cent of Montenegro’s businesses are micro enterprises, and Europe’s AI evidence base barely sees them.

Nearly 96 per cent of Montenegro’s businesses are micro enterprises, and Europe’s AI evidence base barely sees them.

Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.

Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.

Five years among the men at Turin’s factory wall reveal what 44 million furlough hours conceal.

Five years among the men at Turin’s factory wall reveal what 44 million furlough hours conceal.

Trump’s new map swallows Iceland, yet Icelanders have just voted against reopening membership talks with Brussels.

Trump’s new map swallows Iceland, yet Icelanders have just voted against reopening membership talks with Brussels.

Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.

Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s founder called Western values purely utilitarian; Europe’s institutions are struggling to prove him wrong.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s founder called Western values purely utilitarian; Europe’s institutions are struggling to prove him wrong.

Only four EU trade agreements since 2022 allow any sanction for breaking labour and climate commitments.

Only four EU trade agreements since 2022 allow any sanction for breaking labour and climate commitments.