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Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2025
From revival to resistance: testing the resilience of Social Europe in an era of deregulation
- Spasova S.
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- Ghailani D.
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- Konstantinidou D.
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- Durri I.
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Brussels, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and European Social Observatory (OSE), 2025, 179 p.
As Europe enters a new phase marked by rearmament, deregulation pressures and growing social polarisation, the future of strong social policies at EU level appears more contested than at any point in the post-pandemic period. The challenge in 2026 is no longer whether Social Europe can survive successive crises, but whether it can remain a structuring political project in a Union increasingly organised around competitiveness, security and strategic autonomy. This challenge is further shaped by a series of analytical questions. Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2025.
