Category: Politics - Page 4

Open Letter to Manfred Weber

Weber bears responsibility for the Return Regulation vote of 17 June, which allows up to 24 months’ detention for seeking a better life.

Brussels wants to double recycling by 2030, but efficiency targets alone cannot build a fairer, more resilient economy.

NextGenerationEU exposed an awkward truth: governments reform faster when Brussels offers cash than when it threatens punishment.

Trade wars suggest deglobalisation, but the AI race is wiring the world together at unprecedented speed.

A southern-solar, north-south grid offers Europe an escape from both Russian gas and overpriced American LNG.

The Commission’s optional “EU company” lets firms register anywhere and sidestep the national rules that protect workers.

A new papal encyclical exposes the democratic trilemma shaping how the world governs artificial intelligence.

A referendum on a 1945-style solidarity tax on fortunes above €100 million would give France’s left the clarity it lacks.

After 16 years of illiberal rule, Péter Magyar must rebuild Hungarian democracy without breaking its own constitutional rules.

Europe’s industrial transition risks becoming a social tsunami; only binding labour guarantees, not soft coordination, can prevent it.

The help and the harm are a single event, and at the level of institutions, AI is already draining the judgement on which good government depends.

An IPO engineered for rapid index inclusion turns ordinary pension savers into involuntary financiers of Elon Musk’s fantasies.

As central banks squeeze households, corporations protect their margins — and the European social model pays the price.

Central banks are again poised to raise rates against an oil-shock inflation — and again the costs will dwarf the effects.

Adaptation schemes built for the informed and well-off keep failing those most exposed to climate shocks.

Labour bleeds four voters to the left for every one it loses to Reform — and cannot explain why.