On a plane with Nicolas Schmit
The lead candidate of the Party of European Socialists sets out his political stall for the European Parliament elections in June.
Politics
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Social democracy: its history and its future
Political scientist Eunice Goes explains the vicissitudes of social democracy historically and addresses its contemporary challenges.
Ukraine is losing and the west faces a stark choice
Ukraine is losing the war. If the west does not help now, it will face a resurgent and aggressive Russia.
Europe’s defence industrial strategy: beyond the rhetoric
Whoever wins the US presidential election, Paul Mason writes, the EU has no option but to underpin its collective defence.
Frontex: a public agency incapable of accountability
As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect.
The world’s moral failure in Gaza
The situation in Gaza cries out for a broad coalition of countries committed to a just and permanent peace.
Defending the rule of law in the EU
The European Parliament has in this term learnt lessons on enforcing universal norms, which next term must be acted upon.
The case for a radical, liberal left
We should counter the radical right, Robert Misik writes, not with left-wing populism but the power of reason.
Socialist hegemony: construction time again
Two books focused on Britain address shifting class configurations and go back to the drawing board on a hegemonic project.
Gaza: status of UN Security Council ceasefire demand
Is the security council ‘demand’ for a ceasefire legally binding? Here is what international law says.
The missing migrants: myriad preventable deaths
People fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.
Gaza: a population being starved into submission
With access to food aid denied by Israel, two-thirds of a million Gazans already face 'catastrophe'.
Hungary’s unedifying political wordplays
The opposition, Eszter Kováts writes, should not succumb to Orbán’s friend versus foe politics in the European elections.
Gaza: UN humanitarian intervention needed
Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and the international community must exercise its ‘responsibility to protect’.
How to treat German democracy’s malaise
The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.
Protecting EP employees from harassment
The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.
Ukraine war: Russia’s hold on Crimea loosens
Ten years after Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, annexed Crimea, its grip on the peninsula looks shaky.