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A capital idea: corporate taxation in a globalised era

US election 2020

The transformation of work

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Lost an empire, not found a role

Lost an empire, not found a role

by Paul Mason on 15th March 2021

Paul Mason finds in the UK’s foreign and defence review a wilful refusal of its natural European engagement.

Putting the brakes on the spread of indecent work

Putting the brakes on the spread of indecent work

by Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck on 10th March 2021

Legal victories for workers against platform corporations remain partial and limited in the absence of legislative and institutional change.

Cancelling a debt we already own has a false allure

Cancelling a debt we already own has a false allure

by Anne-Laure Delatte, Michel Husson, Benjamin Lemoine, Éric Monnet, Raul Sampognaro, Bruno Tinel and Sébastien Villemot on 9th March 2021

The proposal to cancel ECB-held sovereign debt is not the best riposte to the looming renewal of austerity.

Fewer Italians than Swedes hold anti-feminist views

Fewer Italians than Swedes hold anti-feminist views

by Tatev Hovhannisyan on 17th February 2021

New research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe.

Germany must reduce its current-account surplus

Germany must reduce its current-account surplus

by Jan Behringer, Till van Treeck and Achim Truger on 11th February 2021

Germany’s sustained current-account surplus is not only bad for others in Europe and beyond—it is bad for almost all Germans too.

The false scarcity of vaccine trade tensions

The false scarcity of vaccine trade tensions

by Katie Gallogly-Swan on 8th February 2021

The row over the EU introducing vaccine export controls has occluded its rejection of a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights.

Politics

Germany’s super-election year is a wild card

Germany’s super-election year is a wild card

by Knut Dethlefsen on 18th March 2021

With the federal government now perceived as mishandling the pandemic and corruption tainting the CDU, the autumn Bundestag election is one to watch.

Hungary’s Covid-19 wars

Hungary’s Covid-19 wars

by Stephen Pogány on 17th March 2021

For Viktor Orbán, the pandemic has offered an opportunity to undermine the European Union and curry favour with Hungary’s authoritarian allies.

It’s time to make women truly count

It’s time to make women truly count

by Mariana Vieira da Silva, Franziska Giffey, Taina Bofferding and Tytti Tuppurainen on 15th March 2021

As the UN Commission on the Status of Women convenes, social-democratic ministers for gender equality call on Europe to unite for women’s rights.

Lost an empire, not found a role

Lost an empire, not found a role

by Paul Mason on 15th March 2021

Paul Mason finds in the UK’s foreign and defence review a wilful refusal of its natural European engagement.

Economy

Spain’s platform workers win algorithm transparency

Spain’s platform workers win algorithm transparency

18th March 2021 By Ane Aranguiz

Legal amendments will not only recognise ‘riders’ as employees but require algorithm transparency from platforms generally.

Corporate-tax avoidance after the ‘double Irish’

Corporate-tax avoidance after the ‘double Irish’

11th March 2021 By Bercan Begley

After Ireland closed its notorious corporate-tax loophole, it might have been thought tax avoidance would have gone with it. Not so.

Putting the brakes on the spread of indecent work

Putting the brakes on the spread of indecent work

10th March 2021 By Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck

Legal victories for workers against platform corporations remain partial and limited in the absence of legislative and institutional change.

Cancelling a debt we already own has a false allure

Cancelling a debt we already own has a false allure

9th March 2021 By Anne-Laure Delatte, Michel Husson, Benjamin Lemoine, Éric Monnet, Raul Sampognaro, Bruno Tinel and Sébastien Villemot

The proposal to cancel ECB-held sovereign debt is not the best riposte to the looming renewal of austerity.

Society

Chop chop—could hairdressers restyle European social dialogue?

Chop chop—could hairdressers restyle European social dialogue?

16th March 2021 By Oliver Roethig and Dimitris Theodorakis

European social dialogue fell into desuetude under the neoliberal Barroso commission. Hairdressers might just put some colour back in it.

The pandemic one year on—revaluing our public services

The pandemic one year on—revaluing our public services

11th March 2021 By Mette Nord and Jan Willem Goudriaan

Covid-19 hit societies in Europe rendered frail by austerity. Investment in public services and their workers is essential if they are to recover.

‘Migrants’ moral panic still leading to lost lives

‘Migrants’ moral panic still leading to lost lives

10th March 2021 By Reanna Smith

The pandemic has overshadowed, but not reduced, refugee flows to Europe. Damaging misconceptions of asylum-seekers haven’t softened either.

Social pillar Action Plan—longer on aspiration

Social pillar Action Plan—longer on aspiration

9th March 2021 By Lukas Hochscheidt

The Action Plan shows ambition on poverty, employment and training. But the concrete measures are not (yet) up to the task.

Ecology

Venturing the green transformation?

Venturing the green transformation?

16th March 2021 By Franziska Cooiman

Under the European Green Deal, venture-capital firms are expected to play a vital investment role—one for which they are singularly ill-suited.

Leaving behind the EU’s deadly addiction to deregulation

Leaving behind the EU’s deadly addiction to deregulation

3rd March 2021 By Patrick ten Brink

Better regulation is benevolent and participatory, cognisant of complexity and future-oriented. Deregulation it is not.

Managing the unavoidable impact of climate change

Managing the unavoidable impact of climate change

22nd February 2021 By Ludovic Voet

While doing all it can to arrest climate change, the EU must place workers and their concerns at the heart of its adaptation strategy.

Can we change the climate on climate change?

Can we change the climate on climate change?

22nd February 2021 By Karin Pettersson

Karin Pettersson is impressed by a fictional account of the existential challenge humanity faces.

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Social Europe Publishing book

With a pandemic raging, for those countries most affected by Brexit the end of the transition could not come at a worse time. Yet, might the UK's withdrawal be a blessing in disguise? With its biggest veto player gone, might the European Pillar of Social Rights take centre stage? This book brings together leading experts in European politics and policy to examine social citizenship rights across the European continent in the wake of Brexit. Will member states see an enhanced social Europe or a race to the bottom?

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