Enhancing Europe’s equality framework
Minimum standards for national equality bodies are needed to ensure equal treatment applies equally across the EU.
Society
Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher driven by the core values of freedom, sustainability, and equality. These principles guide our exploration of society’s most pressing challenges. This archive page curates Social Europe articles focused on societal issues, offering a rich resource for innovative thinking and informed debate.
Who should be responsible for emissions reductions?
The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest.
Good food—a public good
Amid growing food insecurity and climate breakdown, the EU must ensure healthy and sustainable food is accessible and affordable for all.
Civil society’s shrinking space
Amid the argument over the rule of law in some member states, civil society needs strengthening, embodying European values.
Ukraine underlines urgency of EU green food goals
Powerful industrial-agriculture lobbies are seeking to take advantage of the crisis to undermine EU commitments.
How to welcome Ukrainian refugees
Lisa Pelling begins a new Social Europe column with lessons for integration—especially from Sweden.
Europe needs drastic pesticide reduction
A leaked proposal from the European Commission would favour the agrochemical industry, not the citizenry.
How Europe can include Ukrainian refugees in society
European countries should start preparing to integrate the new arrivals for the long term.
Rebutting the assaults on gender equality
Tackling gender-based violence, on which an EU directive proposal is expected today, is key to restoring momentum to the feminist cause.
Covid-19 didn’t cause the care crisis—privatisation did
The scandal of Europe’s biggest eldercare operator highlights how a public good has been turned into a private asset class.
Reclaim your space—a feminist outcry for equality
There is so much to do to bring about gender equality in Europe. Much too much for only one day of the year.
Doors closed, living on air
As Greece shows in extremis, the cultural sector is crying out for appropriate social policies.
Climate accountability now
Major emitters must deliver on critical ‘climate justice’ issues, such as financing for vulnerable countries.
Building social Europe, winning public confidence
Laurent Berger, Reiner Hoffmann, Wolfgang Katzian, Marie-Hélène Ska, Pepe Álvarez, Jarkko Eloranta, Luigi Sbarra and Andrzej Radzikowski
Trade unions demand an ambitious directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining.
Europe’s utilities: net zero or not zero?
Europe’s largest energy companies are failing on their net-zero pledges.
A mental-health strategy for Europe
The broad social determinants of poor mental health demand a holistic approach.
The story versus the statistic
Kate Pickett ponders how social scientists can bring structural inequalities to light when media focus on individual lives.