Bettina Luise Rürup

Madrid

Bettina Luise Rürup heads the office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Madrid. Previously, she was head of the Forum for Politics and Society in Berlin and headed the foundation's offices in New York, Chile, India and Turkey.

Articles

Democracy and society | 08.06.2023

Is Spain on the right track?

Much is at stake for Spain and Europe. If the Spaniards vote right in July, they would be yet another country in the growing right bulwark

Economy and ecology | 03.08.2022

How European countries are dealing with rising inflation and energy prices

Economic hardship from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine has hit the continent. We look at the government's response in Spain, Czechia and [...]

Work and digitalisation | 08.02.2022

A knife-edge vote against precariousness

With a wafer-thin majority, Spain’s progressive government has passed the most comprehensive reform of labour law in the history of Spanish democracy

European integration | 14.06.2021

Europe's South on the path to recovery?

Italy, Spain and Greece were hit hard by Covid-19. The EU recovery funds, which will soon be released, is a chance to transform their economies

Global | 05.05.2020

Global Quarantine X

International cooperation is under pressure in the corona pandemic. The G20, UN and IMF are bucking the trend