The 11th Summer School of the Pan-European Regional Council of the ITUC took place in Sarajevo, 11-13 September. More than 80 participants debated the rise of right-wing, radical and populist political forces in Europe, which resulted in significant increase of their presence in democratically elected institutions, e.g. in Austria or Italy. The meeting started with a minute of silence to commemorate Aleksandr Yurkin, former leader of Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.