Social Europe articles on politics

Human rights, including social and economic rights, may seem to some a luxury during a crisis. But that is when they are needed most.

It may not have been thought of as an antidote to the coronavirus but collective bargaining is protecting workers’ health and security against its ravages.

The Eurogroup’s decision to reject corona bonds will leave destabilising political scars.

If the European project is to survive it requires a plan on the scale of Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Job retention plus well-compensated short-time work is better for employers as well as employees than redundancy. Maybe after the crisis we can reopen the debate about working time.

Given the ravages of the coronavirus crisis, the future of Europe cannot be one of permanent division between its northern and southern states.

In the face of the momentous internal and external threats facing European citizens, a merely intergovernmental European Union will fail to match them.