Category: Society - Page 25

European union leaders on the fight for democracy

As core democratic institutions, trade unions have had to learn hard lessons on defeating authoritarianism.

Because the changes to achieve sustainable wellbeing for all are so big, they require determined social movements.

Europe could go backwards on just transition in the face of the fossil-fuel supply crisis. Except that it can’t.

Poland has opened its border with Ukraine to war refugees. Not so at another border, with Belarus.

Peter Bofinger argues that state guarantees of loans to households could cushion the price shock at negligible cost.

Is the European Commission complying with the UN convention on disability vis-à-vis funding institutions from the EU budget?

A green revolution of low-cost energy for all keeps our future secure from global heating—and dictators.

Easements of the impact of inflation will still leave the poorest losing ground. Positive pro-poor policies are needed.

The establishment of a Roma foundation provides an opportunity for a deep dialogue on the route from marginalisation to inclusion.

A clean, expanded power system can be achieved in Europe by 2035—at no extra cost above stated plans.

Europe should mitigate the protectionist threat in its climate agenda.

The worst scenario of an ‘unjust transition’ has hoved into view with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But another Europe is possible.

The only answer to energy price inflation is to reduce energy needs and dependence on fossil fuels, prioritising those on low incomes.

Mobile EU citizens can fall through national safety nets.

Converting to an economy based on need rather than accumulation is not just an ecological imperative but a social desideratum.

The treaty stands in the way of signatories implementing the IEA’s exhortation to stop investing in fossil fuels.