Renewables and agriculture—friends, not foes
There is enough land in Europe for wholly renewable energy without compromising nature protection or food production.
The case for a global climate assembly
Only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a just transition.
‘Better regulation’? Capital first, society second
EU policies on better law-making are tipping the scales in favour of businesses, marginalising social and environmental concerns.
Draghi, Putin and economic warfare in Europe
It has yet to dawn on Europe’s leaders, Paul Mason writes, that the whole continent is implicated in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Criminalising climate protest while ignoring the crisis
The scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the crisis act with impunity.
Ireland, the EU and the Apple tax case
Ireland led the ‘race to the bottom’ on corporate taxation. The tide is beginning to turn.
Germany’s border controls—wrecking EU solidarity
Europe must fast-track the Pact on Migration and Asylum to prevent chaos.
Saving the planet from plastics
If corporate interests undermine efforts to reduce plastic manufacturing, they will derail the fight against climate change.
Incentives in reverse: returning Ukrainian refugees
Controversial proposals addressed to Ukrainian refugees may perversely only keep them in exile.
Trust in crisis: Europe’s social contract under threat
The corrosion of trust underlies many of the social pathologies of today—but there are solutions.
Europe’s great tax divide
Hard-pressed Europeans bear most of the tax-raising brunt, while the wealthy get away very lightly.
The Summit of the Future—committing to action
Ireland’s president sends a message to fellow heads of state and government as they ready for New York.
After the Laffer curve: taxing the rich, at last
It’s time finally to jettison the convenient claim that taxing the rich more would only reduce tax revenue.
Draghi report: a social agenda is lacking
The report on European ‘competitiveness’ is good on industrial strategy but poor from a social perspective.
Between the cracks: third-country posted workers
Effective transnational co-operation is required to protect third-country posted workers from abuses.
Sub-minimum wages: young people, old attitudes
Laggard European Union member states must act to ensure abolition of sub-minimum rates of pay.
In difficult times, social cohesion has improved
Inequality has been falling across Europe. But a backlash driven by fiscal ‘discipline’ and ‘competitiveness’ could reverse that.