PiS attacks LGBT+ rights in Poland, as elections loom
Amid simmering social discontent and with the Catholic Church wracked by sex-abuse scandals, Poland’s clerical-nationalist party is exploiting homophobia to drive a wedge into the opposition.
Memory, myth and ‘post-truth’
In the era of 'post-truth', history isn't what it used to be—which makes solving the problems of the present so much more difficult.
Can data-labour unions break the monopoly capture of data?
Karin Pettersson begins a series of Social Europe columns by arguing it’s time to rethink ‘free’ data as the product of labour.
EU competition policy: a more holistic approach needed
The European Commission looks at mergers only through the narrow, consumer-price lens of its competition policy. The wider public interest is not being served.
Restoring trust in Europe—wage rises and workplace democracy
Flatlining wages, denial of workplace voice and precarity are undermining trust in Europe—and assisting the siren calls of the populists.
Without solidarity, democracy is lost
If Europe’s democratic architecture is cracking, it is because its foundations are weakening. Solidarity is one of them.
Beyond identity politics and culture wars—a new universalism
We used to demand peace and love—now we demand no discrimination and no hate. Why did we lower our ambitions?
The apogee of capitalism and our political malaise
At the heart of the crisis of trust in politics lies the corrosion of public service by the ethos of private gain.
European recovery: we need both joint debt and taxes
Carlo D’Ippoliti adds to the Social Europe debate on a European recovery, contending that the proposals by Varoufakis and Piketty each have merits and should be synthesised.
Macron and Kramp-Karrenbauer: vive la différence?
The proxy media exchange between the French president and the leader of the German Christian democrats is a sign of an emergent European public sphere.
I’m taking Friday off—permanently
It’s time to share evenly the benefits of automation. That's why trade unions are calling for a four-day week.
Green money without inflation
Funding an ecological transition in Europe via 'green money' bonds would be economically justifiable.
Could Europe face the next recession?
The eurozone lacks the scaffolding to withstand the symmetrical shock of the next recession, which could imperil the euro itself.
What are central banks for?
The eurozone remains mired in unemployment while the European Central Bank targets only inflation. Adam Tooze begins a series of Social Europe columns by explaining the hidden history of the Fed’s more successful dual mandate.
‘Imaginable utopias’: financing a European recovery
Julio López G adds to the debate, initiated by Thomas Piketty and colleagues, on how to spur a European recovery and green transition.