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<span class="category-overlay">Politics</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/democracy-under-siege-trade-unions-rise-as-a-bulwark-against-the-far-right">Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/claes-mikael-stahl" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Claes-Mikael Ståhl</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/democracy-under-siege-trade-unions-rise-as-a-bulwark-against-the-far-right#respond"></a></span></p><p>As right-wing populism and the far right challenge democratic norms, trade unions are poised to defend the institutions that bind society together.</p>
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<span class="category-overlay">Society</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/trumps-policies-are-making-europe-the-new-education-superpower">Trump’s Policies Are Making Europe the New Education Superpower</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/polly-toynbee" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Polly Toynbee</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/trumps-policies-are-making-europe-the-new-education-superpower#respond"></a></span></p><p>As America’s global appeal diminishes amid domestic turmoil, Europe emerges as a beacon of stability and cultural leadership.</p>
</div></article><article class="post-83484 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-society entry" aria-label="The Reactionary Revolution: How a New Conservatism Rejects the Old Order"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-reactionary-revolution-how-a-new-conservatism-rejects-the-old-order" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true"><picture class="entry-image attachment-post" itemprop="image" decoding="async">
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<span class="category-overlay">Society</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-reactionary-revolution-how-a-new-conservatism-rejects-the-old-order">The Reactionary Revolution: How a New Conservatism Rejects the Old Order</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/justus-seuferle" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Justus Seuferle</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-reactionary-revolution-how-a-new-conservatism-rejects-the-old-order#respond"></a></span></p><p>A new breed of conservative has emerged, one that paradoxically seeks radical change by yearning for a mythologised past.</p>
</div></article><article class="post-83461 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-politics entry" aria-label="American Suicide"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/american-suicide" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true"><picture class="entry-image attachment-post" itemprop="image" decoding="async">
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<img width="480" height="320" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20480%20320'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="American Suicide" itemprop="image" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.socialeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/u421986cbef-2549-4e0c-b6c4-b5bb01362b52_0-480x320.png"/><noscript><img width="480" height="320" src="https://www.socialeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/u421986cbef-2549-4e0c-b6c4-b5bb01362b52_0-480x320.png" alt="American Suicide" itemprop="image" decoding="async"/></noscript>
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<span class="category-overlay">Politics</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/american-suicide">American Suicide</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/joschka-fischer" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Joschka Fischer</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/american-suicide#respond"></a></span></p><p>Mere months into his term, Trump wrecks global trade, abandons allies, empowers rivals, pushing America towards collapse.</p>
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<span class="category-overlay">Politics</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/georgias-geopolitical-fixation-masks-a-deeper-crisis-of-representation">Georgia&#8217;s Geopolitical Fixation Masks a Deeper Crisis of Representation</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/gia-jorjoliani?mab_v3=83467" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Gia Jorjoliani&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tornike Chivadze</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/georgias-geopolitical-fixation-masks-a-deeper-crisis-of-representation#respond"></a></span></p><p>Excessive focus on external threats obscures fundamental flaws in Georgia&#8217;s political system.</p>
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<span class="category-overlay">Politics</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/fighting-for-social-europe-when-europe-is-at-war">Fighting for Social Europe When Europe Is at War</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/philippe-van-parijs" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Philippe van Parijs</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/fighting-for-social-europe-when-europe-is-at-war#respond"></a></span></p><p>Europe faces its first major conflict since integration began, posing profound questions about unity, security, and the future of its social dimension.</p>
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<span class="category-overlay">Politics</span></a><div class="entry-content"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/tariffs-the-dollar-and-the-end-of-free-trade-consensus">Tariffs, the Dollar, and the End of Free Trade Consensus</a></h2></header><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/mark-blyth" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Mark Blyth</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/tariffs-the-dollar-and-the-end-of-free-trade-consensus#respond"></a></span></p><p>Tariffs, crypto grift, and chaos—or is a deeper economic reordering already reshaping the global system?</p>
</div></article><article class="post-83432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-politics entry" aria-label="Defence or Welfare? Europe Can Afford Both, and Must"><a href="https://www.socialeurope.eu/defence-or-welfare-europe-can-afford-both-and-must" class="alignright" aria-hidden="true"><picture class="entry-image attachment-post" itemprop="image" decoding="async">
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