Category: Society - Page 14

For equality and the climate, a European wealth tax

The richest 10 per cent of Europeans are responsible for the same carbon emissions as the poorer half of the population.

Greening our economies offers a unique opportunity to improve job quality in Europe. Justice for workers should be at the core.

The Council of the EU’s position would continue to expose the poorest to toxic air for years to come.

The data show we are heading toward catastrophe, yet world leaders refuse to recognise the urgency of phasing out fossil fuels.

As in adult long-term care, corporations are accruing rents from publicly funded childcare, exploiting workers and children.

More children are at risk of poverty than before the pandemic—early childhood education and care is critical.

The proposal from the European Commission would fall short of equal citizenship for disabled people.

As trilogue negotiations begin, the EU is on the home stretch of a crucial directive for victims of human trafficking.

Titanium dioxide should remain classified as carcinogenic within the EU—despite industry interference.

Sweden’s much-lauded model of prosperity and social comfort is threatened by a lack of public investment.

The European Commission has put its disability cards on the table but it is not a full hand.

Pursuit of industrial competitiveness and renewable technologies must avoid a backlash from disengaged citizens.

Energy communities, fostering decentralised, renewable supply, need support with their additional social responsibilities.

Before last May’s election in Greece, the returning prime minister claimed his ‘firm but fair’ policy on people movement worked. Far from it.

The Granada declaration will signal whether Europe’s leaders can rise to the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.

Can China and Russia offer an alternative social model to the universal norms they reject? The evidence says no.