The EU’s Landmark Mercosur Deal Promises Much But Delivers Little
The revised EU-Mercosur trade deal offers limited economic benefits for Europe, while its environmental provisions may undermine the bloc’s climate ambitions.
Simela Papatheophilou, Werner Raza and Bernhard Tröster
The revised EU-Mercosur trade deal offers limited economic benefits for Europe, while its environmental provisions may undermine the bloc’s climate ambitions.
Despite past failures, growing public support and recent international initiatives offer Copenhagen an opportunity to push for wealth taxation.
With Trump looming and war in Europe, Britain finds renewed purpose in unity with France and Germany.
While the West rightly resists Russian aggression, European leaders risk self-respect and global standing by appeasing Donald Trump.
The European Central Bank’s latest strategic assessment ignores critical lessons, perpetuating a harmful economic myth and undermining labour’s vital role.
Leaked plans show Germany’s far right plotting a radical power grab with global implications.
The United States’ latest tariffs on Europe and Mexico demand a bold European response to reshape the global order.
The fall of Biden’s green subsidies reveals ideology, not economics, as the true force in US politics.
Europe’s pervasive far-right challenge is enduring.
The age of global consensus has ended, demanding a new, strategic, and resilient approach to globalisation.
Şerife Erol, Anneliese Kärcher, Thorsten Schulten and Manfred Walser
A landmark German law has drastically improved working conditions in the meat industry.
The recently enacted EU fiscal framework aims for fiscal prudence but poses challenges for funding the green and digital transition.
The concept of “scarring” in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.
Progressives must act fast, make change visible, and perform powerfully — or watch populists fill the void.
The European Union faces an existential choice: succumb to economic nationalism or forge a new transatlantic order.
Global labour leaders warn that proposed changes could leave millions of workers exposed.
As Trump looms over NATO, Europe must rediscover resilience – and its own collective voice.