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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13h

Having a piece on hope as a political choice published today. By coincidence today, as hope did return. How can progressives fight back the far right? @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Hope is not naïve optimism

It is a political choice

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13h

Having a piece on hope as a political choice published today. By coincidence today, as hope did return. How can progressives fight back the far right? @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Hope is not naïve optimism

It is a political choice

www.ips-journal.eu

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 10d

🇲🇩 Moldova, you’ve done it again.
 No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve.

You made your choice clear:
 Europe. Democracy. Freedom.

Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way. 
The future is yours.

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 10d

Important good news from #moldova ….in the long run, Putin is losing…
bbc.co.uk
Pro-EU party in Moldova takes lead in election mired in claims of interference
The vote is seen as critical for Moldova's future EU path, and President Maia Sandu has warned of Russian interference.

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The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 15d

Good news! The new 🇪🇺🇮🇩trade agreement with Indonesia includes binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters containing a clear non-regression clause on labour rights. This is crucial, Indonesia ranks among the worst countries in the world for workers’ rights
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 14d

Further, the Commission now needs to be consistent and apply these standards to all trade deals. The forthcoming deal with India must contain at least the same binding protections for workers’ rights.
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What's missing in the new EU-India trade deal? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 14d

ETUC Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social said:

"This agreement shows that geopolitics and the imperative to diversify Europe's supply chains do not trump the need to uphold workers' fundamental rights.

Read more: www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 14d

EU-Indonesia deal shows rights no barrier to trade.

We call on the @ec.europa.eu to be consistent in upholding workers’ rights in all trade agreements.

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 15d

Good news! The new 🇪🇺🇮🇩trade agreement with Indonesia includes binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters containing a clear non-regression clause on labour rights. This is crucial, Indonesia ranks among the worst countries in the world for workers’ rights
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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etucstandards.bsky.social @etucstandards.bsky.social · 15d

📢 The @ec.europa.eu public consultation on the revision of #EURegulation1025/2012 on #Standardisation is out! ✍️ shorturl.at/uBdmZ

🧐 Stay tuned. And for more on our work on standardisation, click here 👉 shorturl.at/60j1A

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European Commission - Have your say

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Eurobot @eurobot.bsky.social · 22d

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights #Opinion #EuropeanUnion

https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/arb7386135

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

euobserver.com

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 21d

La CES est solidaire avec ses organisations affiliées françaises qui se mobilisent aujourd'hui pour la #JusticeSociale et la #JusticeFiscale.

Nous sommes à vos côtés ✊

#18septembre

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Force Ouvrière @force-ouvriere.bsky.social · 21d

Pour la #JusticeFiscale, pour la #JusticeSociale, contre l'#austerite, FO est mobilisée partout en ce #18septembre ! Ici à #Mayotte ! ⬇️

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 22d

Writing on the EU-India negotiations: ”For trade unions and workers across Europe, TSD chapters are not a technical detail — they are a defining test of whether the EU is committed to the values it claims to uphold”. A moment of truth is upcoming!
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 22d

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

euobserver.com

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 22d

Writing on the EU-India negotiations: ”For trade unions and workers across Europe, TSD chapters are not a technical detail — they are a defining test of whether the EU is committed to the values it claims to uphold”. A moment of truth is upcoming!
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 22d

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

euobserver.com

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 22d

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

euobserver.com

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22d

What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights ✍️ @cmstahl.bsky.social

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What's missing in the new EU-India deal trade? Workers' rights

We are concerned that the EU may follow the UK’s toothless free trade deal with India — in which the language on labour rights is merely aspirational, warns the European Trade Union Confederation.

euobserver.com

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 29d

The ETUC today joins tributes to the life of Michael Sommer, the former chairman of the @dgb.de and our former vice president

He was a principled trade unionist whose contributions laid the groundwork for many of the rights that workers benefit from today

📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 8

Nigel Farage, it's about time you came clean about whose side you're really on.

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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · Sep 7

The
@tucglobal.bsky.social
International at TUC Congress 2025 is kicking off at the Brighton Centre, with a host of fascinating international guests.
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social is welcoming our guests & setting out the domestic political context for them, including the threat of the far right...

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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nazma highlights the lack of rights for workers and their representatives, even 12 years after the Rana Plaza disaster which killed over 100 women workers. No one has been held to account for that, and the abuses continue.

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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · Sep 7

But again, we need to use our trade agreements to defend workers, and to improve union engagement on oversight bodies (domestic advisory groups) for trade agreements to ensure workers' interests are reflected, he says. But we also need info from the south to work with.

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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · Sep 7

...Because we have been working for the global economy, but the global economy should be working for us, he concludes.

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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Claes-Mikael from the @etuc-ces.bsky.social answers that we need to practice better democracy in order to protect it. Like Luc, he says we need a better trade system - for him this requires strong & enforceable labour chapters in trade deals to protect workers. And we need a shift...

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