The European Social Model: Key to Competitive Growth?
As Europe faces mounting global challenges, its distinctive social framework may hold the answer to achieving both economic competitiveness and social cohesion.
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Universities Must Stay Global in a Fragmenting World
As global fragmentation accelerates, higher education faces pressure to abandon its international mission—but history shows that open, engaged universities are essential for human progress.
Europe’s Real Security Crisis: Why Social And Ecological Protection Must Unite
The EU's next budget threatens to slash climate transition funds for military spending. But Europe's gravest security threats already strike inside our borders — killing 62,000 citizens last year alone.
Europe’s Social Innovation Revolution: From Crisis Response To Systemic Transformation
Bold investment in social innovation is essential if Europe wants to tackle twenty-first-century challenges beyond market and state solutions.
Digital Europe: Brand of Countries or Countries with a Brand?
The EU abolished physical borders decades ago, yet digital walls fragment the continent more than ever before.
The Roots of Europe’s Mental Health Crisis Run Deep
Europe's mental health crisis demands urgent action on social conditions, not just healthcare services.
How to Get European Territories Future-Ready
The EU must abandon insularity and embrace global partnerships in futures governance to secure its place in a rapidly changing world.
Investing in Our Children’s Future Starts with Supporting the Workers Who Care for Them
Despite EU commitments to equality, children at risk of poverty remain severely underrepresented in early childhood education programs.
Europe’s Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control
European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.
Europe’s Wealth Gap Threatens Social Cohesion As Housing Crisis Deepens
Extreme wealth concentration across the EU undermines opportunity and security for millions while property ownership becomes increasingly unattainable.
What Can AI In Colombian Classrooms Teach Europe About Democratic Innovation?
When rural schools experiment with artificial intelligence, they reveal whether technology serves the many or the few.
Germany’s Misguided War on Baby Boomers
A prominent economist's attack on an entire generation ignores economic facts and threatens social cohesion.
A Fair Future? How Equality Will Define Europe’s Next Chapter
Inequality fuels crisis — for people, planet, democracy and the next generation. It’s time to act.
AI’s Impact on Europe’s Job Market: A Call for a Social Compact
The European Union must urgently address AI's profound impact on employment, income, and social cohesion.
Why Real Democracy Needs Conflict, Not Consensus
Real democracy thrives on disagreement—unity without conflict often masks power and silences necessary political struggle.
Universities Under Siege: A Global Reckoning for Higher Education
Governments worldwide are dramatically reshaping higher education, challenging long-held models and academic autonomy.
Ballots or Bans: How Should Democracies Respond to Extremists?
As extremists exploit democracy’s freedoms, should constitutions strike back—or always leave judgment to the ballot box?