SOCIAL EUROPE

APRIL 7. 2026

America’s Middle East War Exposes the Collapse of Its Own Strategy

The attack on Iran has shattered the very non-interventionist vision Trump’s own national security document enshrined just weeks earlier.

APRIL 4. 2026

The Relative Rise of Europe’s Poor

Europe’s poorer nations and citizens are climbing the income ladder — and the data show the Union is more cohesive than its critics claim.

APRIL 2. 2026

Four Decades of Data Reveal a European Workforce Transformed Beyond Recognition

Eurofound’s 2024 working conditions survey charts how digitalisation, demography, and climate change have reshaped European labour over 35 years.

Europe Absorbs Orbán’s Playbook Even as Hungary May Reject It

As Hungary nears a pivotal vote, Russian operatives and an entrenched power network cloud the path to democratic change.

MARCH 31. 2026

Behind the Benchmarks: How EU Social Policy Fails Its Own Beneficiaries

EU social policy measures outputs efficiently — but the lived experience of its supposed beneficiaries tells a very different story.

MARCH 30. 2026

Taking the Battle for Human Attention Seriously

The battle for human attention has become the defining geopolitical and democratic contest of the digital age.

MARCH 27. 2026

Abandoning International Law Means Choosing the Road to Great Barbarism

The normalisation of war demands not the burial of international law, but its urgent reinvention — and Europe must lead the charge.

MARCH 26. 2026

The Male Norm in Occupational Health Costs Women Their Wellbeing

Workplace health and safety policies built around a male default leave millions of women exposed to risks that better regulation could prevent.

MARCH 24. 2026

Social Rights: The View from the Council of Europe

During the High-level Conference on Social Rights this month in Chișinău, Alain Berset, secretary general of the Council of Europe, gave an exclusive interview to Social Europe.

Growth Without Resilience: Europe’s Hidden Social Fracture

A recent EU survey exposes the chasm between headline economic data and the financial reality confronting households across Europe.

MARCH 23. 2026

The Vulnerability of Trump’s Personality Cult

Trump’s personality cult follows a well-worn historical playbook — but his pathological narcissism ensures he cannot deploy it effectively.

MARCH 21. 2026

Social Rights: The Idea Whose Time Has Come?

A remarkable consensus on social rights is emerging as Europe's answer to inequality, democratic backsliding and geopolitical upheaval.

MARCH 20. 2026

Proportional Representation Is Breaking Dutch Democracy

As coalition formation grows ever more tortuous, the Netherlands must confront whether proportional representation itself is the problem.

MARCH 19. 2026

Europe’s Duty-Free Access Bankrolls Myanmar’s Military Repression

Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU's trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.