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Public services key to a Europe ‘beyond growth’

Europe must reject a return to austerity and support the workers who promote social wellbeing.

To scale up, the EU needs clear pathways for clean-energy supply chains in mining and manufacturing.

Making the global food system more sustainable and equitable is hugely complex and involves difficult trade-offs.

The parliament has stood firm against mass surveillance but has missed the opportunity to enhance provisions.

Russia’s war on Ukraine creates momentum for a breakthrough in adopting ecocide as an international crime.

Frontline staff are facing rising aggression. Employers need to reduce risks and provide support.

Equating circularity with narrowing and slowing lets virtually all businesses join the bandwagon.

CEE countries have large wind and solar potential. Greening power supplies would also reduce prices.

Today’s global cities are characterised by high inequality. They need supportive multi-level governance to address it.

The EU needs to redouble efforts to build coalitions and form alliances with key states—especially in the global south.

The World Circular Economy Forum meets today in Helsinki—construction is one of the biggest challenges.

If it holds on to ‘green growth’ and tight fiscal constraints, the EU will be unable to negotiate a just transition.

Cities have the agility to lead the transition to circularity and already have a body of good practice to show.

As the Porto Social Forum convenes, two years on from the Social Summit there, it’s time to upgrade the EU social agenda.

European same-sex couples have a right to civil unions, Romania and Russia have recently discovered.

Without a global awareness, Europe’s transition to ‘net zero’ will be a zero-sum game.