In parallel, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, the ‘shock therapy’ of market fundamentalism and the convic‐ tion that accession to the European Union and other communities was paved by privatisation, meant a new precariat in central and eastern Europe would blame both the past and the transformation for FOREWORD vii their misfortune—and incline to entrust the populists with their. [...] YOU COULD DESCRIBE the Recovery and Resilience Facility which the European Union established in the context of the pandemic as a venture in the direction of ‘EuroKeynesianism’. [...] In July 2020 there was agreement in the European Council and the European Parliament and the Council of the EU agreed on the legislative proposal of the European Commission to put in place the Recovery and Resilience programme. [...] When the Spanish socialist party took over the government, we had a commit‐ ment to review the labour market and the revision of the labour market was approved at the beginning of this year, because this reform was part of the conditions that the Spanish government committed to in the context of the recovery plan. [...] At the European level, the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament, of which you are of course a member, has been seeking to uphold the rule of law in the context of episodes, particu‐ larly in Poland and Hungary, where the rule of law has been abro‐ gated.
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- HOW EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL SOCIAL DEMOCRACY CAN CHART A COURSE THROUGH THE CRISES 1
- FOREWORD 5
- KATHARINA HOFMANN DE MOURA ANIA SKRZYPEK AND ROBIN WILSON 5
- THE INTERVIEWS 13
- ONE 15
- PORTUGAL REAL ACHIEVEMENTS 15
- ISABEL ESTRADA CARVALHAIS 15
- YOU ARE 15
- TWO 25
- RECOVERY AND REFORM IN SPAIN 25
- JONÁS FERNÁNDEZ 25
- YOU COULD DESCRIBE 25
- THREE 31
- HARD LABOUR IN HOLLAND 31
- CATHERINE DE VRIES 31
- IN A RECENT SOCIAL EUROPE COLUMN 31
- FOUR 40
- SWEDENS LOST SOCIAL- DEMOCRATIC MOORINGS 40
- JENNY ANDERSSON 40
- LETS 40
- FIVE 49
- GERMANY STEERING TRANSFORMATION 49
- MAX OSTERMAYER 49
- WE HAVE 49
- SIX 56
- UNITED STATES POLITICAL GRIDLOCK 56
- SHERI BERMAN 56
- GIVEN 56
- SEVEN 66
- ITALY STILL NOT FOLLOWING RUSSIAS CUE 66
- NATHALIE TOCCI 66
- IT WOULD BE 66
- EIGHT 72
- FRANCE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES 72
- BRUNO CAUTRÈS 72
- THE PARTI SOCIALISTE 72
- NINE 78
- BREXIT AND BRITISH LABOUR 78
- PATRICK DIAMOND 78
- ITS 78
- TEN 87
- POLAND STRUGGLING FOR A HEARING 87
- ANNA PACZEŚNIAK 87
- ONE OF THE 87
- ELEVEN 95
- HUNGARYS SOCIALISTS THE SCARS OF REGIME CHANGE 95
- ANDRÁS BÍRÓ-NAGY 95
- HUNGARY SEEMS 95
- TWELVE 104
- COLOMBIA THROUGH A GENDER LENS 104
- JULIANA HERNANDEZ 104
- THE RECENT ELECTION 104
- THE THEMATIC CHAPTERS 113
- ONE 115
- SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC- POLICY REFORM 115
- DIMITRIS TSAROUHAS 115
- DIMITRIS TSAROUHAS IS VISITING 123
- TWO 126
- A SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC ZEITGEIST IN EUROPE 126
- ANIA SKRZYPEK 126
- ANIA SKRZYPEK IS 135
- THREE 137
- EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR POLICIES 137
- SOTIRIA THEODOROPOULOU 137
- SOTIRIA THEODOROPOULOU IS 145
- FOUR 147
- EU INVESTMENT FOR JOBS AND PROSPERITY 147
- LÁSZLÓ ANDOR 147
- LÁSZLÓ ANDOR IS 157
- FIVE 159
- REFRAMING CULTURAL POLICY 159
- MAFALDA DÂMASO 159
- MAFALDA DÂMASO IS A LECTURER 167
- SIX 170
- SECURITY AND DEFENCE PRINCIPLED PRAGMATISM 170
- CHRISTOS KATSIOULIS 170
- CHRISTOS KATSIOULIS IS 179
- SEVEN 180
- LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSFORMATION 180
- FELIX BUTZLAFF 180
- FELIX BUTZLAFF IS 187
- EIGHT 189
- POLITICAL PARTIES AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGNING 189
- ERIC SUNDSTRÖM 189
- ERIC SUNDSTRÖM IS 199