Category: Society - Page 20

Making the most of the European Year of Skills

Learning to learn must be embedded in working life, Sofia Fernandes writes, if the EU is to meet social and economic goals.

The huge demonstrations against the pension ‘reform’ stem from accumulating resentment under Emmanuel Macron.

Training the workforce is central to attracting and retaining staff in quality social care.

Rapid deployment of vaccines is the key lesson being taken from the Covid-19 pandemic. It should not be the only one.

The European Commission remains ambivalent on involvement of the social partners in political decision-making.

Transport of goods is the new slave-producing machine in Europe—a powerful tool for social dumping.

The new green race between the United States and the European Union threatens to leave developing countries behind.

There is more clarity about hazardous medicinal products but awareness still needs to be raised to protect workers.

As a high-level group on social protection and welfare reports, Belgium’s social-affairs minister advances the next EU social agenda.

A Spanish decree to provide more security for artists and other cultural workers should accelerate EU-level action.

Tackling deindustrialisation and degradation requires not a technological fix but a political alternative.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, many feared Europe’s green-energy transition would be collateral damage. Far from it.

Advancing gender equality in the EU depends on strong equality bodies in the member states.

The $9 billion promised to Pakistan is only a sticking plaster until the west acknowledges the dire climate legacy in south Asia.

The ‘securitisation’ of migration and asylum has not only meant drownings in the Mediterranean but also destitution in Europe’s cities.

Meeting the EU’s climate and energy goals will mean ramping up public investment via a permanent fund.