Adopting far-right rhetoric increases far-right votes
Mainstream parties attempting to regain support from radical-right populists can unintentionally benefit them.
PoliticsAntonia May and Christian Czymara
Mainstream parties attempting to regain support from radical-right populists can unintentionally benefit them.
PoliticsProtests in Ireland against the housing of single male asylum-seekers highlight the role played by security in far-right discourse.
PoliticsAfter two years of war, victory eludes Ukraine yet must be denied Russia—a frozen conflict is the least bad scenario.
PoliticsIt must double down on aid to Kyiv, accept a compromise deal or face humiliation by Russia.
SocietyJan Willem Goudriaan, Claude Rolin and Jean-Pascal Labille
Belgian civil-society organisations issue a call to the presidency of the Council of the EU.
EcologyGuillaume Kerlero de Rosbo and Nicolas Desquinabo
Europe must invest heavily in its decarbonisation. Yet the expenditures are manageable, the alternatives unconscionable.
SocietyKristjan Bragason and Ludovic Voet
The fragility of our food system and lack of social acceptance of EU policies must be addressed in the next mandate.
PoliticsFunding for the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza has fallen victim to other than humanitarian considerations.
SocietyIrene Schipper, David Ollivier de Leth and Jan Willem Goudriaan
The European Health Data Space under negotiations will turn citizens’ medical data into profits for US technology corporations.
PoliticsAs the European Parliament elections loom, with the populists rising, progressives need a liberal-left narrative.
EconomyLydia Korinek and Lukas Bertram
Three years on, the lesson of the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund is that building economic resilience is a long-term endeavour.
SocietyPower imbalances in international sport, Ankita Anand writes, reflect the global north-south disparity.
EcologyThe EU must stop giving ground on its climate vows—unless it wants to help the far right ride to victory.
EconomyThe latest proposals from the European Commission could put European Works Councils on a firmer footing.
PoliticsStefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko
Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of the military leadership.
SocietyBram Vranken, Oliver Roethig, Margarida Silva and Max Bank
Support is mobilised behind the demand by MEPs that Amazon’s lobbyists be barred from the European Parliament.
SocietyA wave of strikes has followed moves by the government in Helsinki to interfere with workers’ rights.