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Commission unveils EU’s first Anti-Poverty Strategy

The EU executive presented in May a new framework to address poverty in the EU, shaped by competence limits, fiscal pressures and competing policy priorities

Workers’ rights in decline in Europe, ITUC finds

The 2026 Global Rights Index, published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on 1 June, tracks violations of workers’ rights around the world. Europe has recorded its worst rating since the Index was first launched in 2014. 

The ITUC report warns of an “alarming decline” in workers’ rights across Europe. The study tracks, among other indicators, violations of the right to strike (recorded in 73% of European countries), the right…

Statement by Luc Van den Brande at the 114th Session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

EZA on AI governance, social dialogue and human-centered technology

Pope Leo XIV Publishes First Encyclical “Magnifica humanitas”

Human Dignity and Catholic Social Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Successful completion of the EZA for young leaders course

15 graduates from four countries receive their certificates

NKOS Developing European Dialogue:

Insights from Spain and Belgium

135 years of Rerum Novarum

Social dialogue as a mission for the present and the future

Understanding the Commission’s proposal for a 28th company law regime

The Commission’s proposal introduces a new EU company form aimed at facilitating cross-border activity, amid trade union concerns.

Europe Day 2026

Europe thrives on solidarity and courage

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