Rethinking universalism and social rights
Social rights in Europe today require marrying 20th-century universalism with the meeting of diverse, complex needs.
Society
Beyond the ‘backlash’: the green electoral agenda
Voters want a just transition and more, not less, green investment ahead of the European elections.
EU trade policy in troubled times
Amid increasing headwinds, EU trade policy should focus less on the ‘invisible hand’, more on the hand of friendship.
The double life of the Indian economy
Narendra Modi aims to return to power, Jayati Ghosh writes, against a backdrop of unprecedented inequality.
The world’s moral failure in Gaza
The situation in Gaza cries out for a broad coalition of countries committed to a just and permanent peace.
Danger: hazardous medicinal products at work
Healthcare workers will be protected from hazardous drugs by an EU law which had to be transposed by member states by today.
Protecting EU health policy from tobacco lobbying
The European Commission should minimise meetings with the tobacco industry, publicise and fully minute them.
Defending the rule of law in the EU
The European Parliament has in this term learnt lessons on enforcing universal norms, which next term must be acted upon.
Grids risk holding back Europe’s energy transition
Europe must revise outdated grid plans to prepare for surging deployment of wind and solar power.
Honesty needed to save just transition in EP elections
Unless the political dial can be turned, this year’s European Parliament elections will put the environment on the line.
The case for a radical, liberal left
We should counter the radical right, Robert Misik writes, not with left-wing populism but the power of reason.
Socialist hegemony: construction time again
Two books focused on Britain address shifting class configurations and go back to the drawing board on a hegemonic project.
Platform work directive—delivering rights for all
Having seen off the platforms’ obstruction, the battle moves to how the directive will be transposed and implemented.
Gaza: status of UN Security Council ceasefire demand
Is the security council ‘demand’ for a ceasefire legally binding? Here is what international law says.
Women at work: doing different jobs, still unequal
Because women have fewer options and their work gets devalued, job segregation accounts for half the gender pay gap in Europe.
The missing migrants: myriad preventable deaths
People fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.
Women leaders in CSOs—overworked, overwhelmed
Fundamental change is needed as many women near burnout, amid mounting social challenges and work-life imbalance.