EU credibility as a people’s union rests on the social pillar
Buffeted by the pandemic and by populism, the EU needs the European Pillar of Social Rights to become a solid anchor of security for all.
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by Liina Carr on
Buffeted by the pandemic and by populism, the EU needs the European Pillar of Social Rights to become a solid anchor of security for all.
by Sharan Burrow on
International co-operation is vital to make vaccination, as a public good, available to all.
by Tatev Hovhannisyan on
New research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe.
by Katie Gallogly-Swan on
The row over the EU introducing vaccine export controls has occluded its rejection of a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights.
by Lena Donat on
The European Year of Rail can support the Green Deal and sustainable recovery. Europe needs more international trains with easier booking.
by Steven Hill on
The attack on the US Capitol revealed the dangers of Big Tech media platforms—but envisaged EU competition laws won’t fix them.
by Shane Markowitz on
School closures during the pandemic have hit socially excluded students hard. The EU needs to ensure every child can reach their potential.
by Elena Polivtseva on
The pandemic has highlighted a longer-term failure adequately to address the working conditions of cultural professionals in Europe.
A strengthened European Youth Guarantee allows member states to tackle rising youth unemployment—Eurostat figures show that’s urgent.
by Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Gediminas Cerniauskas and Birute Tumiene on
Solidarity in health has never been so urgent or imperative—a European Health Union would be its ideal expression.
For all the hope spurred by the efficacy announcements of multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates, national and private interests are trumping health justice.
by James Wickham on
The language of the Brexit stand-off is of a ‘level playing-field’ versus ‘sovereignty’. But beneath that, it’s about divergent social models.
by Kathleen Lynch on
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted how the welfare state of the future must be built on an ethic of care rather than self-interest.
The pandemic has reinforced the case for egalitarianism to define the ethos of the welfare state.
by Olaf Steenfadt on
With a Digital Services Act in the offing, regulation of platforms can make public-interest journalism sustainable again.
by Olivier De Schutter on
The pandemic has highlighted the fragility of social protection, especially in the developing world. A new global fund is needed—and it’s affordable.
For decades urban development has followed the impulses of capital. The right to a home and the right to the city must be won by the citizens.
by Mohamoud Yusuf on
The European Commission is caught between the needs of frontline states receiving refugees and those in the rear resisting responsibility-sharing.
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