Category: Society - Page 28

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.

As Greece shows in extremis, the cultural sector is crying out for appropriate social policies.

Major emitters must deliver on critical ‘climate justice’ issues, such as financing for vulnerable countries.

Trade unions demand an ambitious directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining.

Europe’s largest energy companies are failing on their net-zero pledges.

The broad social determinants of poor mental health demand a holistic approach.

Kate Pickett ponders how social scientists can bring structural inequalities to light when media focus on individual lives.

The EU’s controversial proposal to label nuclear energy ‘green’ could jeopardise the future of the German coalition.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility is important but will not mobilise sufficient green investment by itself.

There is no environmental, climate or economic reason to include nuclear and fossil gas in the EU investment taxonomy.

The European Parliament has just voted on the Digital Services Act, crucial for internet regulation.

The EU has often been thought of as primarily a market-making mechanism. Yet it is above all a cultural project.

How to avoid ecological policies having adverse social effects? Make the associated services (partly) free.

The climate transition and its social dimension demand more powerful instruments than the European Commission proposes.

The recruitment of nurses to meet shortages in the global north has side-effects—not all good—on their countries of origin.

European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications.