Renovating buildings while leaving no one behind
Europe has a leaky buildings stock but the revised directive on their energy performance will still leave some in the cold.
Europe has a leaky buildings stock but the revised directive on their energy performance will still leave some in the cold.
The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.
Ten years after Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, annexed Crimea, its grip on the peninsula looks shaky.
Europe needs massive investment, Peter Bofinger writes. Yet the ECB’s restrictive monetary stance means it is set to fall this year.
Antonio Aloisi and Valerio De Stefano
A presumption of employment and rights on algorithmic management are at the heart of the revived platform-work directive.
Stan De Spiegelaere and Oliver Roethig
Collective bargaining can redress the vulnerability of workers who find themselves in a buyers’ labour market.
Abortion rights are featuring in this year’s European election campaign in a way we have not seen before.
Tommaso Grossi and Laura Rayner
Europe’s re-engagement with industrial policy needs to address its social as well as environmental dimensions.
‘Baking’ accessibility into the household can make the day brighter for everyone.
Mental health cannot be ignored in the forthcoming European election campaign, given the scale of the problem.
Inge Volleberg and Helen Portal
Europe needs to see itself through the eyes of the millions of Europeans with intellectual disabilities—and act accordingly.
Since Donald Trump incited an insurrection, he has moderated neither his rhetoric nor behaviour—both have become more extreme.
The decarbonisation of Europe must be accelerated—which requires a new European social model.
They will claim to stand up for ‘the people’ in the June elections. But the extreme right only stamps on women’s rights.
If gender equality is to be more than an International Women’s Day gesture, revenue must be raised for massive investment.
Trade unions and other civil-society organisations are key to fending off the threat from the far right.
it is a truism to say democracy relies on a free press. But in a sea of misinformation that is because it’s a fact.