A fair Brexit
For the free-market Tory right, Brexit is a means towards a beggar-my-neighbour buccaneering adventure—not ‘future relations’ to which the EU27 can agree.
Sustainability is social, environmental and economic
The principle of ‘sustainability first’ should become the golden thread unifying all EU actions.
The neoliberal far right in Poland
Confederation, the new force on the far right in Poland which broke through in the parliamentary elections, is the party of (male) privilege, not precarity.
Can sustainable finance really help solve the climate crisis?
It is wrong to believe the financial sector will contribute to ecological transformation. Economic and environmental policies remain key.
Bread, roses and broadband too?
Publicly-owned fibre networks don’t just mean free WiFi. From energy grids to smart transport, they will be the backbone of a new, green socialist economy.
Interregnum or transformation?
Sheri Berman warns that, however self-evident the crisis of this neoliberal phase of capitalism may appear, it will not automatically collapse.
Why should just transition be an integral part of the European Green Deal?
In our series on ‘just transition’, Béla Galgóczi focuses on what it means for the key sectors of coal and cars.
A Just Transition Fund: one step on a long march
Continuing our series on a ‘just transition’, Ludovic Voet stresses that allocating European funding is no substitute for a strategy to achieve it.
Reimagining a just transition
Éloi Laurent opens a Social Europe series on the ‘just transition’ by framing it in the context of the social-ecological state.
Europe’s ‘soft-core’ future of differentiated integration
The best model for the EU is one of differentiated integration—but with a soft rather than a hard core of member states.
Orwell in Brussels and the future of social dialogue
The concept of social dialogue has become empty rhetoric, divorced from reality.
The end of neoliberalism and the rebirth of history
For 40 years, elites in rich and poor countries promised neoliberal policies would lead to faster growth and the benefits would trickle down so that everyone would be better off.
Calling time on violence against women in the workplace
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, over 50 female union leaders urge stronger action by the incoming European Commission.
Five lessons for journalism in the age of rage
For Karin Pettersson, journalism has never been more challenging—and never more important.
Germany can reduce its external surplus
For years, Germany's ballooning current-account surplus has rankled the rest of the world. It is a result of policies fully within the government's power to change.