CELSI researchers Monika Martišková, Tibor Meszmann and Patrik Gažo contributed by a chapter to the new ETUI publication “Electromobility: has it made Europe still possible?”, edited by Béla Galgóczi.

Europe’s automotive sector is undergoing profound transformation driven by electrification, digitalisation, automation and geopolitical pressures.

These shifts strongly affect production hubs in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia, where volatility in global value chains increasingly shapes companies’ labour practices.

The new ETUI publication “Electromobility: has it made Europe still possible?”, edited by Béla Galgóczi, offers an in-depth look at how key European automotive regions are adapting to this critical moment.

CELSI researchers Monika Martišková, Tibor Meszmann and Patrik Gažo contributed Chapter 8 – “Trends in labour utilisation strategies within the central and eastern European automotive sector”, which examines how employers manage uncertainty and fluctuations in production.

Their analysis reveals how the so-called flexible margin – workers with unstable contracts, agency workers and employees with migrant backgrounds – plays an increasingly central role in absorbing shocks across supply chains. The chapter provides an essential overview of current restructuring processes and their implications for labour in CEE.

🔗 Full ETUI publication: https://www.etui.org/publications/electromobility-made-europe-still-possible

🔗 Chapter 8: Trends in labour utilisation strategies within the central and eastern European automotive sector in 2025 at: https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/Chapter8_Trends%20in%20labour%20utilisation%20strategies%20within%20the%20central%20and%20eastern%20European%20automotive%20sector_2025.pdf

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