EU member states threaten progress on air quality
The Council of the EU’s position would continue to expose the poorest to toxic air for years to come.
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EcologyJana Hrckova and Daniel Lissoni
The Council of the EU’s position would continue to expose the poorest to toxic air for years to come.
PoliticsNora Siklodi and Nándor Révész
Ukraine and Moldova have taken a huge step towards European Union membership but hazards lie ahead.
PoliticsAlbania’s agreement to process offshore asylum-seekers heading for Italy, Lily Lynch writes, is not a good look.
PoliticsSahra Wagenknecht’s new party has a questionable support base and doubtful prospects—like others of its kind across Europe.
EcologyThe data show we are heading toward catastrophe, yet world leaders refuse to recognise the urgency of phasing out fossil fuels.
SocietyChloe Kenny and Pablo Sanchez Centellas
As in adult long-term care, corporations are accruing rents from publicly funded childcare, exploiting workers and children.
SocietyMore children are at risk of poverty than before the pandemic—early childhood education and care is critical.
PoliticsRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a profound effect on the European Union, whose response is defining its trajectory.
EcologyA year on from the breakthrough on climate-change funding, poor countries eye disappointment at the Dubai summit.
PoliticsThe imperative of solidarity is with all those Jews and Palestinians who seek the solution neither Hamas nor Netanyahu wants.
PoliticsThe European Union must find a collective and distinctive voice to seek to rein in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
PoliticsAmid geoeconomic disruption and geopolitical competition, the alternatives are stark: democratic socialism or barbarism.