European Social Charter: France’s ‘overseas’ gap
Millions of European citizens are denied the social-rights protection offered by the European Social Charter.
Politics
The conflicting missions of Viktor Orbán
The Hungarian premier’s alignment with Putin’s Russia sits increasingly uneasily with his domestic and European political ambitions.
Neoliberalism is blocking green growth
Climate change is a global challenge, yet trade rules do not allow developing countries to break with neoliberal orthodoxy.
The Tesla dispute: a new frontier?
In the face of a prolonged strike for union recognition, Tesla has turned posted workers into strike-breakers.
Social dialogue: defending democracy in practice
In the face of the threat from the far right, trade unions represent democracy’s strongest supporters.
Social Europe against all odds—but is it enough?
Ursula von der Leyen, reaffirmed, promised initiatives on affordable housing and poverty. Ending poverty by 2040 should be the goal.
Reality bites: the incursion of the real into post-politics
The crisis of neoliberalism and war in Europe have left all that was solid melting into air.
How Big Oil gaslights Europe on climate policy
In the race against climate catastrophe, decades-old fossil-fuel-industry narratives retard the green transition.
Pornography, patriarchy and the western Balkans
Revenge pornography is rife in the western Balkans. Ahead of EU accession, abuse laws need radical reform.
Labour’s labour agenda—and a European reset
A worker-centred agenda from the new UK government could counterbalance the European shift to the right.
Development: better days could lie ahead (yes, really)
Overwhelmed by the ‘polycrisis’, it is easy to miss some positive indicators of global development.
What Labour needs to succeed
Labour’s mission-oriented industrial strategy for the UK requires a restructuring of how government operates.
Trump and the darkness threatening US politics
Over the past three years, the US has witnessed a surge in violence which has seen toxic discourse infect its body politic.
The young generation needs quality traineeships
The proposed directive regulating traineeships must push the envelope on European Union social policy.
Rebuilding trust in democracy in Moldova
Moldova’s political leadership is more focused on suppressing dissent than tackling public concerns.
Rising tides, sinking boats: growth, climate and justice
Growth is falling, its rewards are ill-shared and it is bursting planetary boundaries. Time for a rethink.
Ostrich politics and its alternatives
In lieu of comforting, self-righteous myths, Eszter Kováts argues, progressives should take the ‘anti-woke’ challenge seriously.