We are proud to present the second edition of SOLIDAR’s Social Rights Monitor that provides an insight into the state of social rights in different European countries. This edition reports on 14 countries from the European Union – Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and the Netherlands; two candidate…
November 30, 2020 SOLIDAR and Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) publish the European Trends of the Social Rights Monitor 2020. This document was discussed during the celebration of the annual conference “Joining Forces for a socially sustainable post-Covid Europe”. The second edition of this flagship publication complements the European Semester’s indicators with insights on the state of social rights and civic space across 17 countries in Europe, based…
October 7, 2020 Since its inception, the European Semester has attracted interest in its effects on the EU’s social outcomes. Nevertheless, the Semester lacks a framework to monitor socio-economic inequalities within member states. Together with FEPS, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation (FI), Fondazione Pietro Nenni (IT) and Progresiva (SI), we present the Policy Study “Inequalities in the European Semester” : “As the European Semester will play a…
SOTEU: did the social dimension get lost in translation? SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR FOUNDATION welcome Ursula von der Leyen’s recognition of the fragility of the current system amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. President von der Leyen has echoed the sentiment of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation’s Secretary General Mikael Leyi on the need to establish a new normality in…
June 16, 2020 In December 2019 the European Commission announced that it would put forward a proposal for an EU minimum wage. Six months later, the need for a European initiative on minimum wages is more evident than ever as the COVID-19 crisis makes us re-evaluate the value of work and highlights that essential workers…
9 May Statement: “No Europe Day, without a Green and Social Europe” May 9th, Europe Day’s celebration, comes in difficult times for Europe and the European project. The need for building a real Social Europe and finding a way out of the crisis, that puts the continent on a sustainable path, has never been greater. Boosting…
April 7, 2020 In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers (MRAs) lack access to health institutions and, if living in refugee camps and in reception centres, they live in close, confined spaces where social distancing is not possible. How can they be asked to perform this act of social responsibility…
Statement on EU Commission’s plan: We cannot wait another year for a strong Social Europe! Yesterday, the European Commission presented its roadmap for the development of an action plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights. SOLIDAR is pleased to see that our political leaders at the highest level are showing commitment to achieving the goals of…
December 19, 2019 Two years after its proclamation, and with the start of a new European Commission, it is time to see how the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights has progressed and what measures are still in the pipeline. The new Commission President Von der Leyen has pledged in her political guidelines…
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