After decades of living comfortably in Spain’s upper middle class ... Europe’s public sector have mostly used them to dodge protections for permanent employees. In Spain alone, 90 percent of ...

a new Pew Research Center analysis of 11 Western European countries has found. But in a few other countries studied, the middle-class shares are decreasing even as incomes overall are rising.

The growth of the global middle class is the “biggest economic megatrend of our day,” says Homi Kharas, author of the new book The Rise ... strong middle class in Europe be good for the ...

Not only does the definition of a middle-class salary and lifestyle vary among countries, but the existence of a safety net makes life in Europe more affordable. Here, two families from other ...