While climate change is posing unprecedented challenges to existing socio-economic models in Europe and beyond, the crisis of welfare systems based on growth, consumption and redistribution involves an in-depth rethinking of the role of labour law and industrial relations institutions in current and... Find out more

The social dimension of the European Green Deal has moved from the side-lines into the centre of policy debates and it is by now clear that without a robust just transition framework the ambitious climate policy objectives of the EU cannot be reached. Still, as several ETUI publications have shown... Find out more

In the last five years, the automotive industry has been subject to turbulent changes driven by electrification and digitalisation with geopolitical shifts affecting its value chains. With electrical vehicle sales picking up, the new era of electromobility is emerging. Resilient value-chains and an... Find out more

The contribution of legal scholars to deconstructing the idea of labour as nature’s other and debates on the alleged conflict between the interests of workers and the environment are becoming increasingly important. Environmental problems have never been foregrounded by labour lawyers to the extent... Find out more

The social dimension of the European Green Deal has moved from the sidelines into the centre of policy debates. While this is welcome, its content has remained a patchwork. At this first workshop of a new ETUI project financed by the European Climate Foundation, we will start with a presentation of... Find out more

Europe has ‘survived’ the much feared winter without suffering energy shortages, power cuts or a recession, showing a considerable level of resilience. This workshop looks at whether, and if so to what extent, short-term national responses to the energy cost surge prioritised social and ecological... Find out more

The current energy crisis has put into question the functioning of Europe’s electricity market, and more specifically the impact of gas prices on the price of electricity. In this regard, two factors play a key role: the share of gas generation in the European electricity mix, and the price-setting... Find out more

As the first sealed deal of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, the phase-out of the combustion engine in European new car sales by 2035 is now official. The transition to electromobility is gaining momentum and this is good news. However, the pattern (and the underlying business model) of electrification is... Find out more

Download here the programme in pdf. #BeyondGrowth In light of the 50th anniversary of the limits to growth report and the recent finding by the IPCC that “[e]conomic growth (measured as GDP) and its main components, GDP per capita and population growth, remained the strongest drivers of GHG... Find out more

Aix-Marseille University and the ETUI are glad to announce the forthcoming International Symposium " The Labour-Environment Nexus: Legal Perspectives and Beyond ", to be held in Aix-en-Provence (France) next 6-7 October 2022 . The symposium aims at promoting an international discussion about the... Find out more