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.
EconomyHaving seen off the platforms’ obstruction, the battle moves to how the directive will be transposed and implemented.
PoliticsIs the security council ‘demand’ for a ceasefire legally binding? Here is what international law says.
EconomyBecause women have fewer options and their work gets devalued, job segregation accounts for half the gender pay gap in Europe.
PoliticsPeople fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.
SocietyFundamental change is needed as many women near burnout, amid mounting social challenges and work-life imbalance.
EcologyThe European Gas Conference in Vienna has been postponed in anticipation of climate-justice protests.
PoliticsWith access to food aid denied by Israel, two-thirds of a million Gazans already face ‘catastrophe’.
SocietyRobbie Stakelum and Katy Wiese
Meeting social needs within planetary boundaries is the alternative to the religion of growth and the populist backlash.
PoliticsThe opposition, Eszter Kováts writes, should not succumb to Orbán’s friend versus foe politics in the European elections.
SocietyJan Willem Goudriaan and Adam Rogalewski
Staff shortages represent a risk to occupational health and an EU directive should mandate member states to address them.
PoliticsLuke Cooper, Mary Kaldor and Marika Theros
Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and the international community must exercise its ‘responsibility to protect’.
PoliticsJohanna Lutz, Ludwig List and Filip Milačić
The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.
SocietyGross domestic product is often presented as encapsulating US success. But on broader benchmarks Germany performs better.
EcologyPhilippe Askenazy and Claude Didry
The economic transformation required by ecological crises implies new capabilities for workers to develop alternative plans.
EcologyPhilippe Pochet and Taube Van Melkebeke
The untapped potential of European welfare states must be unleashed in light of the climate emergency.
EcologyAurora Li, Michael Peters and Uwe Zöllner
In the next mandate, the EU needs to set clear rules for private investment in the green transition, to avoid past mistakes.
EcologyEurope has a leaky buildings stock but the revised directive on their energy performance will still leave some in the cold.