Category: Society - Page 27

The never-ending pandemic

Wishful thinking has left many in Europe unaware that we are now stuck on a low road of significant, burdensome infection.

A European layer of social insurance is increasingly necessary.

Nominally egalitarian education systems, Kate Pickett writes, can in reality reproduce deep social inequalities.

Without active participation of women, a carbon-neutral future will remain out of reach.

Europe must exit from its dependence on Russian fossil fuel by designating the next year as one of state-financed domestic conversions.

Europe could simply buy fewer fossil fuels from Russia, maybe more from elsewhere—but there is a more fundamental answer.

Minimum standards for national equality bodies are needed to ensure equal treatment applies equally across the EU.

The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest.

Amid growing food insecurity and climate breakdown, the EU must ensure healthy and sustainable food is accessible and affordable for all.

Amid the argument over the rule of law in some member states, civil society needs strengthening, embodying European values.

Powerful industrial-agriculture lobbies are seeking to take advantage of the crisis to undermine EU commitments.

Lisa Pelling begins a new Social Europe column with lessons for integration—especially from Sweden.

A leaked proposal from the European Commission would favour the agrochemical industry, not the citizenry.

European countries should start preparing to integrate the new arrivals for the long term.

Tackling gender-based violence, on which an EU directive proposal is expected today, is key to restoring momentum to the feminist cause.

The scandal of Europe’s biggest eldercare operator highlights how a public good has been turned into a private asset class.