ILO condemns Belarus’ violation of union rights
The International Labour Conference has taken an unprecedented step to challenge Lukashenka’s denial of freedom of association.
Politics
Analysis and debate on European and national politics, democracy, the rule of law, parties and elections, and Europe’s place in the world.
Where is Poland heading, with elections looming?
Amid huge demonstrations against the populist government, buffeted by legal challenges, the stakes could not be higher.
New SPÖ leader: can he stem the far-right surge?
After months of strife among Austria’s social democrats—and an election screw-up—they have a new leader.
Barcelona: a feminist municipalism now at risk
Barcelona has shown the transformative role urban municipalities can play in conjunction with local civil society.
Is Spain on the right track?
If Spaniards vote for the right next month, Spain would be yet another country in its growing European bulwark.
Exploiting every crisis: why the FPÖ is topping the polls
At the heart of the scandal that broke the right-wing coalition government in 2019, the Freedom Party is now riding high.
EU enlargement: prospects and challenges
The geopolitical impetus behind further EU enlargement meets formidable forces of inertia.
Politically disengaged youth in the former eastern bloc
Michael Jennewein and Elena Avramovska
Young people across the eastern-EU member states believe in Europe and universal norms—but their governments turn them off.
Big Toxics and their lobby firepower
The chemical giants outspend even Big Tech and Big Energy on lobbying the EU—and it’s working.
SPÖ: how not to run a leadership contest
The messy struggle for leadership of Austria’s social democrats, Robert Misik writes, nevertheless has echoes for others.
Turkey: does Kılıçdaroğlu have a path to victory?
The xenophobia from the social-democratic leader since his first-round defeat is unlikely to win him the second.
On the wrong side of Britain’s history
‘National Conservatism’, Paul Mason writes, fails to chime with British national-popular culture.
Russia, homophobia and the battle for ‘traditional values’
On International Day Against Homophobia, official Russia now demarcates itself very firmly on the other global side.
Reconstruction: time for transformative ideas
Kalina Arabadjieva, Nicola Countouris, Bianca Luna Fabris and Wouter Zwysen
As the world inches back to normality, the Covid-19 crisis highlights deep structural inequalities and the urgent need for bold, systemic solutions to tackle climate change, social injustice, and economic precarity.
Oh, Europe!?—a vision is still needed
Why it remains worthwhile to listen to the embattled French president, Emmanuel Macron—and why not.
How Russians fight
Ordinary Russians are unable to protest against the Ukraine war. But evidence of covert resistance is everywhere.