Enhancing gender equality to counter the backlash
The new chair of the European Parliament’s FEMM committee sets an agenda on gender for this five-year term.
Politics
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The ‘union of equality’ requires leadership
If gender equality is not to fall down the European Commission’s priorities, its president must take the lead.
‘Better regulation’? Capital first, society second
EU policies on better law-making are tipping the scales in favour of businesses, marginalising social and environmental concerns.
Germany’s border controls—wrecking EU solidarity
Europe must fast-track the Pact on Migration and Asylum to prevent chaos.
Incentives in reverse: returning Ukrainian refugees
Controversial proposals addressed to Ukrainian refugees may perversely only keep them in exile.
Europe’s great tax divide
Hard-pressed Europeans bear most of the tax-raising brunt, while the wealthy get away very lightly.
The Summit of the Future—committing to action
Ireland’s president sends a message to fellow heads of state and government as they ready for New York.
The ascendant far right: the lust for cruelty
After the elections in eastern-German Länder and ahead of those in Austria, Robert Misik casts an unsentimental eye on far-right voters.
Kant, Einstein and ‘perpetual peace’
In today’s runaway world, Einstein’s ideal of ‘abolishing war’ becomes unavoidable rather than impractical.
The AfD can win on an extremist platform
The results in Saxony and Thuringia show the party does not have to moderate its positions to have electoral success.
What should Labour aim for in Europe?
The new government’s goals are modest. But economic reality may force it to follow changing public opinion.
Gaza: a war against press freedom
Europe must not turn its eyes away from the huge death toll of journalists in Gaza.
‘Offshoring’ asylum—time to reject a disastrous model
Ignoring the law and the cost of these risky experiments would set the new European Commission on a dangerous path.
European Social Charter: France’s ‘overseas’ gap
Millions of European citizens are denied the social-rights protection offered by the European Social Charter.
The conflicting missions of Viktor Orbán
The Hungarian premier’s alignment with Putin’s Russia sits increasingly uneasily with his domestic and European political ambitions.
Reality bites: the incursion of the real into post-politics
The crisis of neoliberalism and war in Europe have left all that was solid melting into air.
Trump and the darkness threatening US politics
Over the past three years, the US has witnessed a surge in violence which has seen toxic discourse infect its body politic.