New Fiscal Rules Threaten Europe’s Investments in its Future
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New Fiscal Rules Threaten Europe’s Investments in its Future

After months of negotiations, the EU adopted new rules for its economic governance framework. Regrettably, they will require countries to introduce significant budget cuts, leading to austerity measures and ultimately impeding the investments needed to implement a socially just transition.  The EU’s economic governance framework, often seen as a technical and theoretical issue, is deeply…

Our fight after the European Elections continues: Mobilising for a Democratic and Social Europe
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Our fight after the European Elections continues: Mobilising for a Democratic and Social Europe

After these European elections, we choose to see the glass half full: the democratic centre has held its ground.   A coalition of conservatives, socialists, liberals and greens is possible – even if their majority has been weakened. Having won this election, the conservative parties hold the key to this cooperation. But the progressive forces…

Shaping the Social Europe we want ahead of the 2024 European elections
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Shaping the Social Europe we want ahead of the 2024 European elections

On 22 May 2024, SOLIDAR together with Pour la Solidarité and Smart debated over the future of Social Europe with civil society representatives and Belgian candidates to the European elections.   As the 2024 European Elections approach, the call for a Social Europe is louder than ever. With 88% of Europeans valuing social policies and…

Social rights in the Western Balkans – SRM23 conference in Albania
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Social rights in the Western Balkans – SRM23 conference in Albania

Social rights in the Western Balkans – SRM23 Conference in Tirana SOLIDAR & CLR present the Social Rights Monitor to Albanian stakeholders – the role of the EPSR in the Western Balkans  SOLIDAR’s Albanian member Center for Labour Rights (CLR) held an event in Tirana dedicated to the findings of the Social Rights Monitor 2023,…

The EU finally sees platform workers: member states should not be short-sighted in transposing the directive  
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The EU finally sees platform workers: member states should not be short-sighted in transposing the directive  

The EU finally sees platform workers: member states should not be short-sighted in transposing the directive   On 24th April the European Parliament plenary formally voted in favour of the Directive to improve working conditions in platform work, moving one step closer to the final adoption of this piece of legislation, which at this stage only…