Category: Society - Page 26

Climate and security—never more closely linked

Far from reversing EU action on climate change, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has boosted a wave of more ambitious policies.

Trafficking linked to the Ukraine exodus underscores the need to tackle this scourge—and for a unified EU response.

Say it quietly but adversity is bringing Europe together.

Kate Pickett explains how to turn the vicious circle of inequality and social mistrust into a virtuous one.

Reviving the postwar spirit of egalitarianism is an economic and social imperative.

The Conference on the Future of Europe failed to address persons with disabilities.

The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies.

Biodiversity receives less attention than climate, although the collapse of the planet’s biomass is as worrying as climate change.

The EIB must resist pressure to finance liquefied-natural-gas projects and champion zero-carbon public transport instead.

Lisa Pelling explains how ‘freedom of choice’ has wrought a vicious circle of inequality and underperformance.

Implementing the ‘Fit for 55’ package depends on citizens and NGOs being able to hold governments to account.

After a decade of inertia, the EU has made little progress on the deinstitutionalisation of disabled people.

Europe Day should be a day of celebration. Today it is an affirmation of resolve.

Sweden needs a ‘joined-up’ approach to climate change or it will fall well short of its responsibilities.

In public vaccination programmes, all humans should be equal. But some have proved more equal than others.

From Ukraine to the cost-of-living crisis to the pandemic, the social challenges of the moment demand a solidaristic response.