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Wouter van de Klippe

@woutervandeklippe.bsky.social
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Freelance EU labour journalist | MA Public Policy & Msc Science and Technology Studies. Substack: klippe.substack.com Website: wouter-vandeklippe.com

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 11/06/2026
A 50 percent increase since 2020. euobserver.com/221065/corpo...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Looks like a good first step in the direction of what many have been calling for for a very long time.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Decided to shake the cobwebs off my neglected substack to give a little update on what I've been up to this year. From winning an award to all sorts of labour articles, you can read what I've been working on this year. klippe.substack.com/p/shaking-of...
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Shaking off the cobwebs
Sharing some recent updates and what I’ve published so far in 2026.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Acemoglu agreeing w Pope's AI encyclical: "Optimists and industry insiders will respond that automation-first AI can still benefit everyone...But this argument has a poor track record. Forty years of digital automation have already concentrated gains at the top, hollowed out middle-skill work..."
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Ben Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I've been working with @etuc-ces.bsky.social on the re-launch of the Digital Platform Observatory, which is now live. Click on any EU country on the map, you'll see an update on the transposition of the Platform Work Directive. Also info on strikes, agreements etc digitalplatformobservatory.org
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Hi Jan, Looking forward to the next post! They’ve been really informative so far. Will you be including any case studies (policies that work well & local stories where renovation and decarb in these sectors is ahead of the curve)? Really curious to know about the workforce behind it! Thanks!!
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francesca barca @francesca-b.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Lavoratrici e lavoratori del sesso in Europa: il Belgio apre a più tutele, l’Ue resta divisa via @voxeurop.bsky.social di @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social voxeurop.eu/it/sex-worke...
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When the posters narrow the policy choices to 'work more or pay more for your state pension' instead of, I don't know, tax differently? Or a new social contract w green public abundant and lower state pensions?
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I urge everyone to follow @70sbachchan.bsky.social his posts are the only thing keeping me sane and chuckling throughout this catastrophe 😂
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Lise Witteman @lise-witteman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Dutch industry has enriched itself at the expense of temporary agency workers - many of them originating from fellow EU countries - against the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in EU law. Billions of euros are now at stake 👇 www.ftm.eu/articles/net...
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Migrant workers risk missing out on billions in Dutch wage dispute
A potential mass lawsuit in the Netherlands is seeking back pay for temporary workers who were allegedly underpaid in breach of EU legislation. More than a million people could be eligible, and many o...
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Quite a week for us! 1/ our podcast is launched: “Electric World Order” is a short series about the geopolitics of energy transition; ep 1 is about how China’s industrial strategy kinda accidentally created Pakistan’s solar boom:
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The Polycrisis
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Any specifics on what tech transfer means in practice here?
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Super interesting - also makes me think of the collective lack of imagination underlying the idea of simply replacing Internal combustion cars w/ EV's.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm in the latest edition of @etui.bsky.social's HesaMag with a story on Europe's divided views towards sex workers. While Belgium is expanding rights and legislating protections, Sweden clamps down on digital sex work. But what's the role for trade unions? Give the whole issue a read!
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 11/12/2025
In an exclusive interview with EUobserver, Marta Lorenzo, the director of the UNRWA office in Brussels, summarises the situation in Gaza as “a combination of hope and despair”.
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UNRWA on Gaza after the ceasefire: ‘A combination of hope and despair’
In an exclusive interview with EUobserver, Marta Lorenzo, the director of the UNRWA office in Brussels, summarises the situation in Gaza as “a combination of hope and despair”.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Anyone have recommendations for heterodox economic analyses/experts of Europe's pension reform efforts? An article is brewing and I'm looking for diverse voices on the topic.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 26/11/2025
📢 Fresh investigation reveals €1.5 BILLION in EU funds backing meat & dairy ads with false “sustainable” claims. Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥 Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com #EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 26/11/2025
🔴 NEW 🔴 MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims 📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇 www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
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MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the Euro...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 25/11/2025
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
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Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
EUROPE: Austerity stops women escaping rising violence, unions warn www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Massive strikes in Belgium today against the gov's austerity measures. The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory. Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nice piece here by @danielkopp.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the Belgian labour movement's impressive efforts to block the gov's austerity program. Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.
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In Belgium, Labor and the Government Face a Showdown
Organized labor has been more effective at defending the welfare state in Belgium than in most European countries. After recent actions resisting austerity plans, a three-day strike this week seeks to...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
My newest for @euobserver.com follows the story of securing rights for food delivery workers after Spain's passing of the landmark Rider Law. While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Weakening EU's due diligence rules a 'betrayal' for workers. While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU. Read my latest in @euobserver.com.
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How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobs...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 29/10/2025
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.
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How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.
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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
Uganda passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws, lgbt people describe it as living hellNetherlands strikes deal to send rejected asylum seekers to uganda
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Having grown up in the US and lived in Europe since adulthood, I’m always struck by the fact that Europeans have no idea how bad it can get if the continent’s healthcare systems aren’t defended. I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
one of those drop everything and just read it things …. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
When workers stand for international solidarity. open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
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When workers stand for international solidarity
Workers across Europe are standing up for Gaza. Nevertheless, there's much more to be done.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Any good explanations on what's driving the expectations referred to in the Reuters piece? Any theories of what's stimulating domestic demand most effectively?
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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This morning, we published a story saying that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen auto-deletes all her text messages on the Signal app, including those with an EU leader, president Emmanuel Macron of France. Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...
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Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/08/2025
Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.
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Israel could face massive EU sanctions, despite veto
Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Yiiiiiikes
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Call for help! @katemac.bsky.social & I are writing about Insurance in the Polycrisis. Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏 www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
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The Polycrisis
A project by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay, focused on today’s intersecting crises and the political economy of climate change.
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
we heterodox economists have been saying this for decades, but now Big Finance is saying it, you know it's the end of liberal macro institutions, a death brought to you by Donald Trump.
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I think it's time to give up the idea that Capital only thrives under liberal institutions.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack. Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
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Who writes the EU's laws again?
On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack. Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
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Who writes the EU's laws again?
On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 21/08/2025
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Nearly 300 NGOs, investors, and companies signed a letter urging the EU not to rollback these rules. www.linkedin.com/posts/world-...
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The EU level CSRD and CSDDD could have been powerful tools to fight labour abuses both in international supply chains, and also internally within the EU. Under the excuse of regulatory overburden (despite contrary evidence: www.linkedin.com/pulse/study-...) the EU continues weakening these laws
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 22/08/2025
Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.
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Freelance journalists in Europe: the costs of independence
Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
A few months ago I had interviewed a rep from @fairemobilitaet.bsky.social on how they used the German supply chain law to secure rights for truckers within the EU (www.faire-mobilitaet.de/fachinformat...) These laws could have been powerful tools to fight for corporate justice and transparency.
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Das LkSG wirkt - das Beispiel Straßentransport
Lieferkettengesetz
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Andreas Rasche, professor and dean of Copenhagen Business School, said on social media that Thursday's communication "clearly shows" the EU is "prepared to downscale regulations" when asked by Washington." This represents another blow against the movement for international labour standards.
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Many more eye-raising aspects in the full text. Who writes EU legislation again?
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Wouter van de Klippe @woutervandeklippe.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
On the EU's deforestation regulation: "the European Union commits to work to address the concerns of US producers and exporters regarding the EU Deforestation Regulation, with a view to avoiding undue impact on US-EU trade"
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