Behind the Benchmarks: How EU Social Policy Fails Its Own Beneficiaries
EU social policy measures outputs efficiently — but the lived experience of its supposed beneficiaries tells a very different story.
Taking the Battle for Human Attention Seriously
The battle for human attention has become the defining geopolitical and democratic contest of the digital age.
Abandoning International Law Means Choosing the Road to Great Barbarism
The normalisation of war demands not the burial of international law, but its urgent reinvention — and Europe must lead the charge.
The Male Norm in Occupational Health Costs Women Their Wellbeing
Workplace health and safety policies built around a male default leave millions of women exposed to risks that better regulation could prevent.
Social Rights: The View from the Council of Europe
During the High-level Conference on Social Rights this month in Chișinău, Alain Berset, secretary general of the Council of Europe, gave an exclusive interview to Social Europe.
Growth Without Resilience: Europe’s Hidden Social Fracture
A recent EU survey exposes the chasm between headline economic data and the financial reality confronting households across Europe.
The Vulnerability of Trump’s Personality Cult
Trump's personality cult follows a well-worn historical playbook — but his pathological narcissism ensures he cannot deploy it effectively.
Social Rights: The Idea Whose Time Has Come?
A remarkable consensus on social rights is emerging as Europe's answer to inequality, democratic backsliding and geopolitical upheaval.
Proportional Representation Is Breaking Dutch Democracy
As coalition formation grows ever more tortuous, the Netherlands must confront whether proportional representation itself is the problem.
Europe’s Duty-Free Access Bankrolls Myanmar’s Military Repression
Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU's trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.
Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival?
Militarism and ecological collapse are not separate emergencies — they are the same emergency, feeding each other in a spiral humanity cannot afford to ignore.
Washington’s Russia U-Turn Exposes the Real Logic of Sanctions
The easing of Russian oil restrictions amid the Iran crisis reveals sanctions as tools of power, not justice.
Jürgen Habermas Shaped the Postwar Order — His Death Must Not Mark Its End
The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended.
Let’s Admit It. Americans Are Not Like Us
The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests.
Beyond Affordability: Why an Economy Built Only for Consumers Fails Everyone
Progressive politics has rediscovered affordability, but an economic agenda that ignores the dignity and quality of work is only half a strategy.