After the Euro-elections: a trade-union agenda
Good jobs and responsible investments are essential among the EU’s new political priorities.
Politics
Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty—it’s not so easy
The European Union has given notice of its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. There is still much to do.
European Social Charter—political will needed
Robust enforcement of the European Social Charter is key to strengthening workers’ and trade-union rights across Europe.
Social rights in Europe—in need of a new impulse?
The backdrop to the European Social Charter is the historical relationship between peace and social justice.
Ukraine: Putin’s ‘reality’ … and the real world
A proposal for a ceasefire from Ukraine would not only stem the bloodshed but allow it to win the peace.
Italy: a ‘post-fascist’ assault on democratic checks
The Meloni government in Italy is betting everything on radical and polarising constitutional reforms.
The European visa system—a barrier to ideas exchange
Visa rules need an overhaul to facilitate global co-operation in a runaway world, Ankita Anand writes.
Will states support corporate capture of the future?
The United Nations Summit of the Future risks missing opportunities to give value to public goods.
France, Europe and another election
French voters may have been recalled for a snap domestic election—but the underlying trends have been decades in the making.
European Social Charter: more relevant than ever
The European Social Charter has often been the poor relation of the European Convention on Human Rights. That may be changing.
Another, reindustrialised Europe is possible
The far right offers no answers to the challenges Europe faces in reinvigorating its industry amid the digital and green transitions.
Populists back Putin with anti-Ukraine positions
Vladimir Putin looks to be a big winner from the far-right surge in the recent European Parliament elections.
After Russia, Europe must wake up to China too
Europe’s real problem with China is not electric vehicles. It is the elemental vehemence of the Chinese Communist Party.
American business will regret writing off democracy
By endorsing Donald Trump’s run for the US presidency, business leaders are embracing a man with only contempt for the law.
European elections: political squalls ahead
The shift in the centre of gravity of the European Parliament could make for a fractious next term.
Euro-elections demand progress, not prevarication
The far-right challenge in the European elections was overblown. Just transition, rather than rowing back, is the answer.
Cleaners come out from the shadows to mobilise
After the European Parliament elections, cleaners’ fight for justice goes into the next round.