Claes-Mikael Stahl
@cmstahl.bsky.social
Deputy General Secretary of the ETUC. Brussels. Trade Unionist.
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Democracy must not be a politics of closure but of continual renewal. Fear closes the future.
Politics must be more than fear. Democracy is worth defending not only because it protects rights but because it keeps the future open.
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Politics must be more than fear. Democracy is worth defending not only because it protects rights but because it keeps the future open.
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Hope is not naïve optimism
It is a political choice
www.ips-journal.eu
October 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Democracy must not be a politics of closure but of continual renewal. Fear closes the future.
Politics must be more than fear. Democracy is worth defending not only because it protects rights but because it keeps the future open.
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Politics must be more than fear. Democracy is worth defending not only because it protects rights but because it keeps the future open.
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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.
euobserver.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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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euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Reposted by Claes-Mikael Stahl
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...
"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...
www.etuc.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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...
"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...