Spain’s Minimum Vital Income – a deceiving UBI

Arnaud Sadzot // 9 February 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has not only led to a health disaster, but has also profoundly affected our economies and lifestyles. The European economy has …

Minimum Wage Wars in Europe

Dorottya Tornai // 3 December 2020

At the end of October, the European Commission proposed a Directive to introduce adequate minimum wages across the EU. Although the end objective is …

Challenges related to fair minimum wages

3 September 2020

This position paper is a response to the European Commission’s second phase consultation with social partners. The EC’s initiative has a general objective of …

Employment Flexibility: Policymakers Reluctant to Respond to Market Needs

LFMI // 9 January 2020

The Lithuanian Free Market Institute and its partner organisations have published the third annual Employment Flexibility Index which ranks 41 EU and OECD countries …

Macron’s malaise

Adam Bartha // 6 March 2019

Macron is right: Brussels cannot continue with business as usual after the European Parliament elections. In his recent open letter to the citizens of Europe, …

Minimum income policies in the EU: a misguided proposal

5 July 2017

The European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs are currently promoting a new legislative proposal …

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