Category: Politics - Page 27

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.

Political scientist Eunice Goes explains the vicissitudes of social democracy historically and addresses its contemporary challenges.

Whoever wins the US presidential election, Paul Mason writes, the EU has no option but to underpin its collective defence.

As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect.

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.