Protecting EP employees from harassment
The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.
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The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.
Ten years after Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, annexed Crimea, its grip on the peninsula looks shaky.
Abortion rights are featuring in this year’s European election campaign in a way we have not seen before.
Since Donald Trump incited an insurrection, he has moderated neither his rhetoric nor behaviour—both have become more extreme.
If gender equality is to be more than an International Women’s Day gesture, revenue must be raised for massive investment.
Trade unions and other civil-society organisations are key to fending off the threat from the far right.
The left has gone along with a shift of power to boardrooms and bureaucracies, undermining policy ambition and public confidence.
Israel’s demolition of Gaza will haunt Europe’s conscience for generations to come and imperil the claims of the democratic world.
Progressive leaders must confront the far-right nationalists with the reality that Europe needs more integration, not less.
The far right is preying on the fears of the vulnerable ahead of June’s elections. Progressives must tackle the causes of its rise.
Jan Zielonka draws lessons from the second transition in Poland—and its Europe-wide ramifications.
Mainstream parties attempting to regain support from radical-right populists can unintentionally benefit them.
Protests in Ireland against the housing of single male asylum-seekers highlight the role played by security in far-right discourse.
After two years of war, victory eludes Ukraine yet must be denied Russia—a frozen conflict is the least bad scenario.
It must double down on aid to Kyiv, accept a compromise deal or face humiliation by Russia.
Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza has fallen victim to other than humanitarian considerations.
As the European Parliament elections loom, with the populists rising, progressives need a liberal-left narrative.
Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of the military leadership.
The war in Ukraine has two major implications for Europe and Europeans. Unfortunately, they are contradictory.
The wave of demonstrations against the Alternative für Deutschland is no surprise, given Germany’s postwar history.
Serbia is rapidly veering off its accession course, with a potentially fraudulent election and growing distance from EU foreign policy.