Category: Politics - Page 27

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.

The European Parliament has in this term learnt lessons on enforcing universal norms, which next term must be acted upon.

We should counter the radical right, Robert Misik writes, not with left-wing populism but the power of reason.

Two books focused on Britain address shifting class configurations and go back to the drawing board on a hegemonic project.

People fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.

The opposition, Eszter Kováts writes, should not succumb to Orbán’s friend versus foe politics in the European elections.

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and the international community must exercise its ‘responsibility to protect’.

The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.

The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.

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.