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Gender Equality efforts in Europe have stalled. Can better Consumer Protections get it moving again?
Gender Equality on most measured outcomes has stalled in the EU. Is one way to get...
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Will the revised EU Consumer Credit Directive fully protect vulnerable consumers?
Establishing a safe and fair European consumer credit market needs to be at the heart of...
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With inflation, unregulated financial products will harm the vulnerable even more. Unless…
The “cost of living crisis” may push European vulnerable consumers towards “easy consumer credit” and unregulated,...
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Personal insolvency: Europe needs harmonised procedures
Without fair and efficient debt relief mechanisms, the prison of over-indebtedness leads to mental and physical...
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What the Squid Game reveals about the problem of over-indebtedness, and why we should have structural answers to it
What does the viral nature of Netflix series Squid Game say about the plight of indebted...
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Bail out people, not banks
Tackle non-performing loans in Europe by bailing out the borrowers, not the banks. Doing so would...
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Which financial services are needed for financial inclusion?
Finance Watch’s new report, “Basic Financial Services”, identifies a shortlist of basic financial products and services...
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The temporary financialisation of refugees in Greece
Cash Assistance Programmes have proliferated in recent years in order to offer financial support to asylum...
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