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9 November 2025

BX1: Station Europe – Are social rights under threat in Europe and Belgium?

2 November 2025

Le Vif: Olivier De Schutter: “Social protection is an investment” and a bulwark against the far right

22 October 2025

Press release: Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert

22 October 2025

Le Monde: Opinion: Olivier De Schutter, UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty: “The stigmatization of people in poverty increases feelings of anxiety and economic insecurity”

22 October 2025

EUobserver: Opinion: Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right

22 October 2025

La Vanguardia: UN expert warns that cuts to social protection are “fueling” the “rise of the far right”

22 October 2025

L’Avenir : Les coupes dans la protection sociale “font le jeu de l’extrême droite, qui cherche à exploiter le mécontentement”, selon un expert belge

22 October 2025

CNN: Welfare cuts are fueling the rise of the far right globally, the UN finds

22 October 2025

Radio France : Journal de 12h30 : Haro sur les prestations sociales

22 October 2025

Radio France: Culture de l’info: Social protection — a coalition of associations takes legal action against the State over RSA reform

22 October 2025

Mediapart: Olivier De Schutter: “The far right gains ground where people feel abandoned”

22 October 2025

The Wire: Global Rise of Right-Wing Populism is Linked To Decline in Social Protections: UN Special Rapporteur

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