Healthcare Professions And Jobs Going Digital
With the advent of new technologies, the healthcare sector is confronted with an unprecedented wave of change. What will the sector look like in a
Politics
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Five Theses For A New Left
Let’s face it: today’s left is in a terrible muddle, caught between a world that once was and a world that still isn’t. Most of
Weimar Triangle: Motor For A New Europe?
We are divergent… A new opening in the debate on the EU’s future initiated by Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for greater integration has brought into sharp
What Italy’s Election Means For The EU
Italy’s recent election – in which voters rebuffed traditional parties in favor of anti-establishment and far-right movements, producing a hung parliament – should serve as
Social Media Platforms Should Tell The Truth
The high quality democracies of northern Europe are an unnatural construct, history teaching us that the universal default setting of human society is authoritarianism. There
The Trade Union Message To European Leaders
The economic situation and employment rates in Europe are improving. But it is much too early for complacency. Unemployment is still too high, most of
Seeing Off Extreme Right Populism With ‘Progressive Protectionism’
The first step to an effective response by progressives to the rising tide of right-wing populism in Italy and elsewhere is to realise that ever
Brexit, Trade Agreements And The Future Of Labour Standards
Regulatory standards and their enforcement, particularly of labour standards, are especially vulnerable under the auspices of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules in a context of
Italy: After Defeat, Who Does The Left Want To Represent?
One possible reading of the March 4 vote in Italy is it follows the same as the UK’s Brexit, Trump’s victory in the last US
How Can Europe’s Social Services Solve A Growing Recruitment Crisis?
Against a backdrop of ageing societies and the associated increase in long-term conditions such as dementia, long-term care is growing in importance in all European
Nothing’s Left
To understand the results of the Italian general elections, one needs look no further than the vote distribution in Milan: the Democratic Party (PD) –
How To Defeat The Populist Progression
Since 2015 international politics have sped up and changed direction. The return to power of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), led by Jaroslav Kaczynski
A European Germany Returns?
The outcome of the negotiations for a Grand Coalition in Germany has been remarkable. For the SPD to get foreign affairs and labour is not
How Social Democrats Can Bring Real Change
How do social democrats change things? The traditional method has been to win elections, inhabit the state, pull the levers of the state and hey
Eastern Europe’s Right-Wing Shift Is Not Unique
The Italian elections have confirmed the rightward shift in European politics and the further marginalisation of the left. Following events such as the Brexit referendum,
The People Vs. Democracy?
The election result in Italy, where populists and far-right parties topped the polls, following the twin disasters of Brexit in the United Kingdom and Donald
Italy: First European Country In The Hand Of Populists?
The general assumption was that the political and parliamentary landscape of Italy would become more complex after the 2018 elections. However, quite unexpected was the