July is coming to an end, so the EXPRESS² team is leaving you with three reading recommendations 📚 ⚖️ Populism and the courts 🌐 The global battle to regulate technology 🤖 Living and working with AI Swipe through the cards—and share your summer recommendation!

🔥 167,326 hectares have already burnt across the EU in 2026, and the number of fires is more than twice the long-term average. Wildfires are also a social challenge. Europe needs resilience, solidarity and a fair eco-social contract. 🔗 joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and...

This week, EXPRESS2 was present at the @eesc.bsky.social Connecting EU Seminar in Sofia through Sebastian Rodriguez, from @eminternational.bsky.social. His contribution brought our work on a new European Social Contract into the debate on democracy, trust, and +! www.linkedin.com/posts/sebast...

Europe is still in time to listen. That is the real value of working on a draft for a new European Social Contract: not to gaslight people, not to hand them pre-fabricated answers, and not to… | Seba...

Europe is still in time to listen. That is the real value of working on a draft for a new European Social Contract: not to gaslight people, not to hand them pre-fabricated answers, and not to pretend...

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What should a #SocialContract for the EU look like? In this video, Antoni Abat explains how EXPRESS2 is developing its first Social Contract Draft: a basis for discussion, feedback and participation around key political questions in the #EuropeanUnion. @uab.cat

Let's check the latest open-access article from EXPRESS²: Antoni Abat i Ninet & Jule Goikoetxea Mentxaca rethink the EU social contract beyond tacit consent, asking how deliberation can make structural domination visible and contestable. 📚 Read: doi.org/10.1111/eulj... @ehu.eus @uab.cat

A JRC study shows how algorithms fragment shared realities, fuel polarisation, and erode democratic trust. As digitalisation reshapes public debate, EXPRESS2 examines these disruptive dynamics to help strengthen a more inclusive and resilient EU social contract. 🔗 bit.ly/4ofMXKx

Fractured reality: how algorithms fuel polarisation and affect democracy

Attention-driven business models and foreign control over key online platforms challenge EU democracy.

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🎧 Reminder: don’t miss our latest Rethink the Deal episode! With @ucph.bsky.social's The Climate Show, we explore how climate change is reshaping the EU social contract. 🌍 Time to think eco-social 🔗 open.spotify.com/show/06Y4vy7...

📢 Join the @express2project.eu online workshop with @eminternational.bsky.social ! 🗓 8 June | ⏰ 11:00–13:00 CET Focus: restoring trust, countering populism & disinformation in the EU. Help shape the European Social Contract 👇 🔗 t9vxn.share.hsforms.com/2fbqDFDUATmC... #EXPRESS2

Coffee Forum: Who Governs What? Citizens, Trust, & the Future of EU Governance. Hosted by @macies.bsky.social With: Franco Panciera, @angelaglezmontes.bsky.social, @bcaihuelas.bsky.social & @atiradocastro.bsky.social 🗓 Apr 16, 2026 📝 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #SocialContract

☕️ Let's talk about the EU #SocialContract and Digitisation. We are hosting a public debate on how technology is reshaping our rights and obligations in Europe. 🇪🇺 📅 Friday, 13 March 🕙 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (CET) 📍 Online via Zoom Register here: essex-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DigitalRights

🎙️ Episode 3 of “Rethink the Deal” is out! Rachele Marconi interviews Carlo Maria Cantore on trade, sovereignty and the weaponisation of global commerce. Part of EXPRESS2 WP5

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🔥 NEW EPISODE | #Populism & Trade Wars Are global trade wars the new front lines of the populist surge? We unpack how the weaponisation of trade policy is reshaping the EU #SocialContract. With host Rachele Marconi & Carlo Maria Cantore. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/5qmm... 📺: youtu.be/13Jt1yE-fc

🔥 NEW EPISODE | #Populism & Trade Wars Are global trade wars the new front lines of the populist surge? We unpack how the weaponisation of trade policy is reshaping the EU #SocialContract. With host Rachele Marconi & Carlo Maria Cantore. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/5qmm... 📺: youtu.be/13Jt1yE-fc

Trade Wars: The Weaponisation of Global Commerce

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Is politics becoming a ‘Cosmic War’? 🌌⚔️ Our latest #RethinkTheDeal podcast episode is OUT! Host Rachele Marconi and Pasquale Annicchino explore how #Populism and apocalyptic narratives are testing our democratic foundations. 🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/2y8z... #EUSocialContract

💔Is the pact between generations holding up? 💬Charles (77), shares his feeling of being forgot by the system. We deserve a Europe that protects those who built it. 🗣️Tell us your view: form.typeform.com/to/dwtn2VMP #SocialContract #FutureOfEurope #RethinkTheDeal #SeniorGeneration

"I thought that if I worked hard, I'd have a good life." 💔 #GenZ’s reality: low wages, few jobs. Anna (24) says the system feels broken. What's your solution for a fairer future? Take the survey now: form.typeform.com/to/wdi3KniL #SocialContract #FutureOfEurope #RethinkTheDeal

Feeling stuck? 😔Emily (36) shares her #Millennial struggle: high costs, work stress, and the impossible dream of stability. It’s time to rethink the deal! Watch her story and tell us what you would change for a fairer future: form.typeform.com/to/cbbEZvdp #SocialContract #FutureOfEurope

🏥 @dublincityuni.bsky.social is leading the #EXPRESS2eu #disruptiveelement #Pandemics, examining the consequences of the pandemic. #FedericoFabbrini & #BeatriceMonciunskaite analyse lockdown #laws, #digital passes & tools to see how #crises stress #EUSocialContract. 👉 https://www.dcu.ie/

🌱Could a new #SocialContract survive another global #pandemics? @express2project.eu simulates #crises to refine #rights & #obligations that hold up #underpressure. 🚀Find out more: https://express2project.eu/en/new-social-contract  #Express2EU #EUSocialContract

🤔 @ec.europa.eu unveiled 2 #AI initiatives to boost '#digitalsovereignty': one to secure #EU infrastructure, one to oversee high-risk uses. 🗨️ Join the @express2project.eu #debate!  📰 https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/10/08/eu-commission-launches-two-new-ai-plans-seeking-digital-sovereignty/ #Digitalism

⚠️ #Insecurity breeds #mistrust & #populism. @express2project.eu  analyses #crisis hotspots and designs #legal, #social, #sustainable, #digital solutions to safeguard the #EUSocialContract. 🔗 https://express2project.eu/en/insecurity #Express2EU #SocialContract #Security #Freepik

🧭 @express2project.eu is drafting #EUSocialContract by crowdsourcing #rights #duties & safeguards for a fair, tech-savvy, climate-ready future. 👉 https://express2project.eu/en/new-social-contract @gentilegiulia.bsky.social ‬ @jamayoral.bsky.social  @martinicogi.bsky.social@bcaihuelas.bsky.social

🌍 @express2project.eu ten-partner #Consortium blends #law, #tech, #climate and #citizen voices to rethink #EUSocialContract. 👉 https://express2project.eu/en/consortium  #Express2EU #EUResearch

📢On 29 Sept, #ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna #STALS @martinicogi.bsky.social hosted the @express2project.eu #CoffeeForum: 'Saving the #EU from Its Illiberal Member States'. 👉Full details: express2project.eu/en/news-and-... #EXPRESS2 #Populism #EUSocialContract #democracy

📅This September, @express2project.eu is holding... #Co-creationWorkshops: - ⚧️23/9: #GenderInequality #SUGender #SabanciUniversity - 💻26/9: #Digitalisation @universityofessex.bsky.social #CoffeeForum: - 📢29/9: #Populism #ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna @martinicogi.bsky.social @gentilegiulia.bsky.social

🏛️ @uab.cat coordinates @express2project.eu, steers its theoretical framework & through @pruab.cat, shares every insight with the wider #public. From #research design to outreach, the #UAB team keeps the quest for a new #EUSocialContract on course. 👉 https://express2project.eu/en/consortium

🌍 @express2project.eu is drafting a New #EUSocialContract that matches today’s #digital, #green & #diverse realities. 🚀 Through #research + #citizen deliberation, the project defines #rights, #duties & #governance that can withstand #future shocks. ℹ️ https://express2project.eu/en/new-social-contract

🌍 The @express2project.eu 10-partner #Consortium blends #law, #tech, #climatescience, #gender studies & #citizen advocacy to study 7 disruptive elements & design a #New #EUSocialContract.  👉 Meet the team: https://express2project.eu/en/consortium

⚠️ #Populism excludes #minorities by claiming a single 'true' people. 🛠️  @express2project.eu  studies these dynamics to protect #democratic checks and an #inclusive #SocialContract for all #Europeans. 👉 https://express2project.eu/en/populism @martinicogi.bsky.social  #ScuolaSantaAnnaPisa

🔎Name decoded: EXPRESS²: 1️⃣EXPRESS = move from tacit consent to #EXPRESSAPPROVAL of the #EUSocialContract. 2️⃣² = amplifying every voice: individual + collective, in drafting #rights & #duties for a #fair, resilient #EuropeFuture. 🧩 https://express2project.eu/en/project #Express2EU

🌐 #Intersections reveals how overlapping shocks: #climate + #mistrust, #genderinequality + #pandemics, etc. magnify #risks to #EUSocialContract. 🧩This team, led by @profkochenov.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social, designs integrated fixes. 👉 https://express2project.eu/en/intersections