Social Europe articles on politics

The expansion of free time during the crisis could lead to a reassessment of leisure and a revalorised public sphere.

If once a peace project, the mission for Europe today is a safe ecological transition—the Green Deal the antidote to a malaise apparent long before the pandemic.

A paradigm shift in national and EU Roma strategies is more urgent than ever.

How governments have addressed the pandemic has reflected different levels of social trust—which will have consequences for its aftermath.

On International Workers’ Day, it is important to recall the crucial role played by unions in protecting the workforce, especially at times of crisis.

The coronavirus crisis has led many to revalue human life. But not, it seems, when the lives are of migrants.

The coronavirus crisis highlights the need to update the European welfare state to a social-ecological state, able to socialise 21st-century ecological risks.

Ensuring no one is left behind requires not just unprecedented collective investment but a very different approach to innovation.

The coronavirus crisis is a social challenge, Karin Pettersson writes, which the formerly secure are now being reminded is hitting the poor hardest.