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Policy Network is an international thinktank dedicated to promoting progressive policies and the renewal of social democracy. Policy Network facilitates the sharing of ideas and experiences among politicians, policymakers and experts on the centre-left. Read more about what we do

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The Italian connection

Italy’s political flirtation with Umberto Bossi’s openly racist Northern League should be a stark wake up call for progressives across Europe, says Annie Bruzzone in an exclusive article for the Policy Network website.
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Hungry for change

The global food crisis engulfing the world highlights the need for urgent reform of our multilateral institutions, says Policy Network researcher Andrew Legon in an exclusive article for the Foresight website.
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Barack to basics

Can the charismatic Democrat presidential nominee change the way America thinks about poverty, asks Alex Waddan ahead of a joint Policy Network and Fabian Society seminar on US, UK and Nordic attitudes to inequality.
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A taxing dilemma

While UK voters claim to support government initiatives to tackle poverty and inequality, they seem increasingly unwilling to pay for them, says Peter Taylor-Gooby ahead of a seminar on UK, US and Nordic attitudes to poverty and inequality.
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Reinventing the Nordic model

Scandinavian social democracy needs a new understanding of equality based on the value of diversity to survive in the global age, argues Mikko Kuisma, ahead of a joint Policy Network and Fabian seminar on tackling poverty and inequality.
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Migration and European labour market transformations

Policy Network held a high-level discussion on the economic and political implications of labour migration in Europe, in Paris on July 3. Click here to read the papers and the presentations emanating from the seminar.
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Open knowledge

Europe needs to open up to highly skilled migration in order to protect its knowledge intensive industries, says Katerina Rüdiger ahead of a Policy Network seminar in Paris on migration and the European labour market.
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Foresight: forging common futures in a multi-polar world

Policy Network and the Alfred Herrhausen Society have joined together to launch Foresight, a major three-year programme on the challenge of forging common futures in a multi-polar world. Click to see the project's dedicated website.
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Yes, they could

The German Social Democrats have much to learn from Barack Obama's forward-looking brand of politics, says Tobias Durr, the editor-in-chief of Berliner Republik magazine, in an exclusive article for Policy Network.
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