Transatlantic trade co-operation: a lever for environmental and labour protection?
If the pitfalls of the last attempted transatlantic trade deal are avoided, this could be a vehicle for improving standards.
Politics
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The long and winding road to global corporate tax justice
In theory, the Biden administration and the EU can collaborate to end multinational tax abuse. In practice, it’s not that simple.
Fighting Covid-19 requires fewer patents and more state
Big Pharma has not been the real innovator in the fight against the pandemic and intellectual property rights must be reshaped to restore fairness.
Towards global progressiveness
Branko Milanovic sets out an agenda for global progressives in the 21st century.
Voices from the borders of Europe
It’s a lot easier to ignore the plight of the refugees at Europe’s borders if one doesn’t hear their stories.
A stronger voice for citizens in EU decision-making
Last week the European Parliament endorsed a report by the author on enhancing civic participation in the deliberations of the union.
The future, post-Brexit
Recognition of the EU’s gravitational pull on ‘global Britain’—and so any rapprochement—will take many years.
How many inequalities can the world fight at the same time?
'Intersectionality’ can help frame the complexity of progressive politics in the context of a new transatlantic partnership.
The soft underbelly of British politics
A by-election in northern England highlights the corrosive atrophying of the UK body politic, Paul Mason writes.
How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma?
Who represents the EU internationally? ‘Sofagate’ reignited the issue and the Conference on the Future of Europe should aim to sort it.
For women in Turkey, the struggle continues
As of today, the Istanbul convention ceases to be effective in Turkey. But that’s not the end of the story.
Releasing Europe’s democratic genie
The Conference on the Future of Europe might sow the seeds of a genuine European political space.
Beyond waving rainbow flags
Using the rainbow flag to symbolise an east-west divide in Europe risks playing into the hands of authoritarian leaders.
The Catalan pardons: what do they mean?
Last week the Spanish premier, Pedro Sánchez, pardoned the nine Catalan political prisoners—to very mixed reactions.
The G7’s role in the world
Jayati Ghosh unpicks the G7 summit in England and finds an anachronistic coalition failing to meet global responsibilities.
As Polish women flock towards volunteer defence, the left remains inept
Weronika Grzebalska begins a new Social Europe column by exploring how the liberal left in Poland has abdicated to the populists the resonant theme of women and defence.
EU migration and asylum pact abandons compassion and human rights
Faced with escalating deaths in the Mediterranean, official Europe needs to relocate its moral conscience.