The Lisbon Summit highlighted social policy as a core element in Europe's strategy for becoming 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with better jobs and greater social cohesion' by 2010. The present report, a joint...

By early 2024, the pandemic was long over, yet its impact continued to leave a lasting effect on many Europeans. Many continue to struggle with ongoing health issues, poor mental health well-being, the loss of their business, interrupted studies and weakened social connections. Conversely,...

By early 2024, the pandemic was long over, yet its impact continued to leave a lasting effect on many Europeans. Many continue to struggle with ongoing health issues, poor mental health well-being, the loss of their business, interrupted studies and weakened social connections. Conversely,...

The 'working poor' are a substantial group, the latest estimate putting 10% of European workers at risk of poverty, up from 8% in 2007. This report describes the development of in-work poverty in the EU since the crisis of 2008, picking up where an earlier Eurofound report on this subject,...