Time to decamp from cold-war ideas
Sections of the left which still think of the world in blocs, Sheri Berman writes, are guilty of blocked thinking.
Politics
Analysis and debate on European and national politics, democracy, the rule of law, parties and elections, and Europe’s place in the world.
A European basic income?
Dominic Afscharian, Viktoriia Muliavka, Marius Ostrowski and Lukáš Siegel
An EU-wide scheme could address progressives’ concerns.
A European solidarity pact
Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Frank Vandenbroucke, Thomas Dermine, Meryame Kitir, Frédéric Daerden, Christie Morréale and Nawal Ben Hamou
Europe’s political leaders must rise to today’s challenges.
The obsession to ‘complete the single market’
Multinationals are pushing to open new frontiers in the single market with a deregulatory agenda.
The global struggle for democracy is in Ukraine
Russia’s military assault on Ukraine caps a period of political attacks on democracy around the world.
Ukraine’s EU membership: still some way off
There has been a positive response to the appeal by the Ukrainian president for EU membership. But it won’t come soon.
From shock therapy to Putin’s war
Putin is alone responsible for the war in Ukraine but prominent westerners played a key role in Russia’s post-Soviet trajectory.
Labour’s opportunity: a multi-party government
If the Conservatives are to be defeated at the next Westminster election, Labour must back a coalition alternative.
Democracy and security in the EU’s neighbourhood
Nicoletta Pirozzi opens a Social Europe column by sketching the political vision the EU must hold out to its neighbours such as Ukraine.
Ukraine’s refugees: hospitality required
It’s time for the rest of Europe to show solidarity with Ukrainians through temporary protection of refugees.
Solidarity in time of war
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demands a multi-pronged, enduring European response sending a very clear signal to the Kremlin.
Ordinary Russians don’t want this war
Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis
The Russian president has launched his invasion of Ukraine but the attack could severely destabilise his regime.
Will Europe deliver on corporate responsibility?
The EU must enforce mandatory due diligence on corporations and their supply chains and involve workers in its strategy.
Why we need a European supply-chain act
Human-rights due diligence must be taken seriously—as the Brumadinho case showed.
Apprehend, detain, deport—towards a securitised EU?
Pushbacks at Europe’s borders have not been compliant with the Refugee Convention. Nor would internal ones.
Boris Johnson’s last affair?
His cardinal sin is to have forgotten the core tenet of the rule of law: those who make the rules are bound by them.