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Claes-Mikael Stahl

@cmstahl.bsky.social
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Deputy General Secretary of the ETUC. Brussels. Trade Unionist.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22h
At today's Tripartite Social Summit, we’ll tell the Commission and EU leaders: keep social and employment directives out of the Pact. Better national protections are never gold-plating. Want a pact? Make it a pact for quality jobs, not a race to the bottom.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Want to read more about our ideas for a pro-worker trade policy? ✍️ Take a look at this recent article by @cmstahl.bsky.social and @andrewwatteu.bsky.social 🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/beyond-free-...
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 22/09/2026
Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
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Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy. Excellent introduction for tomorrow's @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social @fesonline.bsky.social conference (link in the text) by @cmstahl.bsky.social and @andrewwatteu.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/beyond-free-...
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Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To better understand why, read our latest Op-Ed signed by ETUC Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social & @etui.bsky.social Director General Andrew Watt 👇 Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy: www.socialeurope.eu/beyond-free-... @ec.europa.eu
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Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For several decades, trade policy was presented to EU citizens as an essentially technical project. Its purpose was to remove barriers and open markets to move more freely across borders. The liberalisation was delivered. The compensation was not...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What role can #TradeUnions play in shaping the new rules of the game in international #trade? 🌍 📆 Our upcoming hybrid conference, co-organised with @etuc-ces.bsky.social and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, is bringing together a number of distinguished speakers to tackle the question 👇
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What role can #TradeUnions play in shaping the new rules of the game in international #trade? 🌍 📆 Our upcoming hybrid conference, co-organised with @etuc-ces.bsky.social and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, is bringing together a number of distinguished speakers to tackle the question 👇
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etucstandards.bsky.social @etucstandards.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📌 The September edition of the ETUC STAND Newsletter is out! 📢 Stay up to date on trade union work in European and international #standardisation - from #AI to #health&safety, to much more. 👉 Read the full edition here: shorturl.at/9q9wH @etuc-ces.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What role can #TradeUnions play in shaping the new rules of the game in international #trade? 🌍 📆 Our upcoming hybrid conference, co-organised with @etuc-ces.bsky.social and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, is bringing together a number of distinguished speakers to tackle the question 👇
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Must Speak to Workers, Not CEOs ✍️ @estherlynch.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/von-der-leye...
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Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Must Speak to Workers, Not CEOs
Europe spends €2 trillion a year on public contracts, most awarded to the lowest bidder, fuelling precarious work.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
20,000 work-related cancer cases will be prevented by safer limits for five chemicals supported today by MEPs after campaigning by unions Now lawmakers must stop putting other workers at risk by weakening protections for other substances through the Chemicals Omnibus 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Does the Group seriously imagine that the needed fundamental restructuring of Europe's economic and social model can be achieved without listening to the views of organised labour? Or weighing social/environmental concerns? This narrow, top-down approach is one reason why progress is too slow. 3/3
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The inclusion of just a sole representative from central/eastern Europe has occasioned much criticism. But what strikes me is that the inclusion of numerous CEOs is not matched by a single voice with links to the other "social partner", labour. Nor to civil society organisations. 2/3
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There is much in M. Draghi's 2024 Report - less, though, in the way it has been (ab)used politically - that deserves support. His founding a group to revitalise the European model is, in that sense, welcome. But, as Alberto Alemanno notes, the composition of the Rhine Group raises concerns. 1/3
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FinUnions @finunions.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Simplification may change the regulatory route, but it must never change the destination: the highest possible level of safety for workers. #AI may be moving fast; worker protection cannot be left behind. 🗯️ @cmstahl.bsky.social & @giulioromani.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/simpler-ai-r...
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Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
The Digital Omnibus strips machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving worker safeguards in limbo.
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
3/ And the bigger picture matters too. During the Tesla conflict, Swedish trade unions signed thousands of collective agreements. Collective bargaining coverage is higher today than when the strike began. The Swedish model remains strong www.lo.se/pressmeddela...
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Strejken mot Tesla upphör
Som meddelats av IF Metall upphör strejken mot Tesla. Detta efter ett beslut av IF Metalls förbundsstyrelse.
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
2/ Full respect and solidarity with @ifmetall.bsky.social An extraordinary fight! Tesla may have bought its way out of this strike, but workers’ right to organise and bargain collectively is not for sale. The strike is over. The fight for collective bargaining is not www.ifmetall.se/aktuellt/nyh...
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IF Metall avbryter konfliktåtgärder mot Tesla
IF Metall avbryter alla stridsåtgärder mot Teslas svenska bolag från och med onsdagen 19 augusti klockan 00.01. Anledningen är att Tesla har köpt ut alla förbundets strejkande medlemmar på företaget. ...
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1/ After almost three years, Tesla has chosen to buy out striking union members rather than accept a collective agreement. No members on strike, no strike. Tesla prefers spending enormous sums buying out union members to negotiating. www.industriall-union.org/if-metall-en...
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IF Metall Ends Industrial Action Against Tesla Today
Learn how IF Metall ends industrial action against Tesla as the company buys out striking members, reshaping labor relations.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Simpler AI rules should not mean weaker safety for workers But the EU's Digital Omnibus has stripped machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving protections for workers in limbo www.socialeurope.eu/simpler-ai-r...
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Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
The Digital Omnibus strips machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving worker safeguards in limbo.
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Simpler rules must not mean weaker safety for Europe’s workers. @cmstahl.bsky.social & Giulio Romani @etuc-ces.bsky.social denounce the ‘unnecessary fragmentation’ of protections by the EU’s Digital Omnibus . @socialeurope.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/simpler-ai-r...
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Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
The Digital Omnibus strips machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving worker safeguards in limbo.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 10/08/2026
Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
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Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
The Digital Omnibus strips machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving worker safeguards in limbo.
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etucstandards.bsky.social @etucstandards.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📢"AI may be moving fast; worker protection cannot be left behind" 👉Article by @etuc-ces.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social and Confederal Secretary Giulio Romani on the consequences of deleting the Machinery Regulation reference from the AI Act. ✍️https://shorturl.at/yFGn2
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Simpler AI Rules Must Not Mean Weaker Safety for Europe’s Workers
The Digital Omnibus strips machinery from the AI Act’s high-risk regime, leaving worker safeguards in limbo.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
European workers cannot become collateral damage in trade disputes The EU has the tools to protect workers and industries and must use them if the United States announces new unilateral tariffs under a false pretext 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
IF Metall and the trade union movement are standing up for Swedish collective agreements, for decent working conditions, and for every worker’s right to security and respect. It is time for Tesla to come to the negotiating table.
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Excellent news. The key point - both for the business decision and the political message it sends - is simple: green steel is the future.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Four years ago, Orbán gloated that his election victory was so big that it could be seen even from Brussels. Today's defeat is such that it can be seen even from Washington and Moscow.
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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat as opposition wins Hungarian election
Win for Tisza party ends rightwing populist’s 16-year grip on power and will likely reshape country’s relationship with EU
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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 10/04/2026
🙏 Many thanks to the many contributors! Nicolas Schmit László Andor Estelle Ceulemans MEP @emsent.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social Felix Hett Mario Del Pero @hjalloul.bsky.social @ebenvenisti.bsky.social Tim Haesebrouck @renatazilli.bsky.social Stefan Sipka @maritmaij.bsky.social
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Bernd Lange MdEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Clarity First:majority of EU-US negotiating team of @EP_Trade agreed to reassess situation again next week. Businesses&consumers need stable tariff regime&we still don’t have that. Cannot take decisions in a vacuum. Would be irresponsible to adopt legisl. without legal certainty
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Proud contributor to @feps-europe.eu progressive post. The title summarises it well, it is clear that our animal spirits are not released by heightened insecurity. They are released when people can see something being built @etuc-ces.bsky.social feps-europe.eu/europe-needs...
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Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Europe’s competitiveness debate is accelerating under a growing sense of urgency. Slowing growth, geopolitical rivalry […]
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Europe’s response must protect jobs, strengthen strategic sectors and ensure that the green and digital transitions deliver for working people. 📰⤵️
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“The EU has already replaced one energy dependency with another; it must now double down on a just transition and wean itself off energy imports," said ETUC Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“Europe must respond in a firm, proportionate and united manner. Fragmentation would only weaken our position and expose workers and industries to greater instability," said ETUC General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The EU must ensure Trump tariffs don’t cost jobs. That means taking action to protect jobs and strategic industries. Crisis management tools should be urgently introduced.
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Politics is not only about interests. It is about identity, meaning and the future. Populists understand this. Too often, we progressives have not. Why democracy must once again become a future people can shape together. My latest essay 👇 www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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What progressives must relearn
Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the collective capacity to shape what comes next
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Bernd Lange MdEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Clarity and legal certainty are needed before any further steps are taken. At our extra meeting tomorrow, I will therefore propose to the EP-negotiating team putting legislative work on hold until we have a proper legal assessment and clear commitments from the US side. (3/3)
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Bernd Lange MdEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Terms of Turnberry Agreement and legal basis on which it was built have changed. Do new tariffs based on Section 122 not constitute a breach of the deal? Regardless, no one knows whether the US will adhere to it – or even be able to (2/3)
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Bernd Lange MdEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Pure tariff chaos from the US administration. No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners (1/3)
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Good news! US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s tariffs: trade policy must respect democracy and the rule of law.
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Politics is not only about interests. It is about identity, meaning and the future. Populists understand this. Too often, we progressives have not. Why democracy must once again become a future people can shape together. My latest essay 👇 www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
ips-journal.eu
What progressives must relearn
Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the collective capacity to shape what comes next
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Excellent piece by @g-kwiatkowski.bsky.social Yes, the struggle for the soul of the world is now playing out in many places. www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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The allure of darkness
Mann argued that the success of demagogues depends less on strategic brilliance than on favourable circumstances and, above all, a lack of resistance
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
When trying to improve competitiveness, EU leaders should avoid policies being captured by existing companies protecting their current business models. High environmental standards and investering in skills is better for the economy than deregulation. / #AldenBiesen
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EU leaders’ retreat needs to hear less about ‘deregulation’ from Draghi
Big and small European companies are most concerned about the lack of skilled staff.  So why is this not a key topic at the EU leaders' retreat on 12 February in the Alden Biesen castle, when 'simplif...
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
What Europe needs is a shared project that people can believe in – not a misguided business-led adjustment strategy and another abstract debate on competitiveness Read @cmstahl.bsky.social article on The Progressive Post @feps-europe.eu 👇 feps-europe.eu/europe-needs...
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Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Europe’s competitiveness debate is accelerating under a growing sense of urgency. Slowing growth, geopolitical rivalry […]
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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Proud contributor to @feps-europe.eu progressive post. The title summarises it well, it is clear that our animal spirits are not released by heightened insecurity. They are released when people can see something being built @etuc-ces.bsky.social feps-europe.eu/europe-needs...
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Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Europe’s competitiveness debate is accelerating under a growing sense of urgency. Slowing growth, geopolitical rivalry […]
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My take on the meeting of EU leaders: a missed opportunity to launch an investment-led recovery open.substack.com/pub/andrewwa... If you want analysis of European economic and employment issues in your inbox - roughly weekly, I hope! - you can sign up for a free substack subscription.
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Belgian castles in the air
A missed opportunity for competitiveness through investment
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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 13/02/2026
This week, we also explore the EU’s #competitiveness 🇪🇺 Instead of deregulation, the EU needs a competing vision of competitiveness grounded in building capacity Read the Progressive Page by @cmstahl.bsky.social 🗞️ feps-europe.eu/europe-needs...
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Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Europe’s competitiveness debate is accelerating under a growing sense of urgency. Slowing growth, geopolitical rivalry […]
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FinUnions @finunions.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
📣 Deregulation breeds uncertainty. It signals retreat rather than ambition. It risks reducing #competitiveness to short-term cost-cutting instead of long-term capacity-building. 👉 Read blog by @cmstahl.bsky.social in @feps-europe.eu ⬇️ #investments #strategy feps-europe.eu/europe-needs...
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Europe needs animal spirits again – and deregulation will not stimulate them - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Europe’s competitiveness debate is accelerating under a growing sense of urgency. Slowing growth, geopolitical rivalry […]
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Göran von Sydow @gvonsydow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mark Carney’s speech is well worth watching or reading www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
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Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
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etucstandards.bsky.social @etucstandards.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🧐Did you know? 👉Later this year, the #EC is expected to review #EURegulation1025/2012 on #Standardisation. 📢What are the @etuc-ces.bsky.social priorities? Watch the video below to find out 👇 @cmstahl.bsky.social @guido-dejongh.bsky.social
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etucstandards.bsky.social @etucstandards.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
💡New to #standardisation? Here's the @etuc-ces.bsky.social handbook "Standards at the Workplace" 👉Now available in English, French and Swedish, you'll learn where #standards come from, and why they matter for #workers www.etuc.org/en/etuc-hand... @cmstahl.bsky.social @guido-dejongh.bsky.social
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ETUC handbooks on standardisation
In 2025, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ETUC’s active participation in standard-setting, we published two handbooks: Standards at the workplace This handbook explains where standards come from and how they are developed. The handbook also provides insight into the impact of standards on workers.
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