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Sufficiency: towards an eco-social economy

The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.

Rejecting bans on particularly hazardous chemicals, EU ministers have sought to dilute revised legislation on toy safety.

The EIB proposes that housing renovation and energy efficiency be financed via ‘securitised’ loans.

A German study finds the new working class lacking in class consciousness yet strongly aware of social inequalities.

Far from the European Green Deal being exhausted, it needs renewing with social ambition.

The war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s trade union movement—and the lives of workers.

Civil society stands up for a European pact for the future—green, social and fit for a one-planet economy.

Iceland owes its progress in narrowing the gender wage gap to a decades-long equal-rights movement and public policies.

Despite the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection remains patchy for atypical and self-employed workers.

Housing may not be an EU competence but the growing affordability crisis across the union demands attention.

As the European Parliament election looms, it’s time for action on disability policies, not pity.

The climate transition must benefit local communities, Lisa Pelling writes, if it is not to exhaust their patience.

The directive has already changed the landscape on setting minimum wages and extending collective bargaining.

The European Commission recently proposed that EU accession negotiations be opened with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A failed initiative to advance democracy at work nevertheless contains lessons for how to pursue the cause.

Housing is a huge source of carbon emissions. But decarbonising it effectively requires a sufficiency lens.