The Case Against Trading Europe’s Welfare State for Warfare
Anton Hemerijck and Sven Schreurs
A decade of evidence shows Europe’s welfare state drives growth – making calls to cut it for rearmament self-defeating.
How I Became a Manufacturing Skeptic
The industrialization-led growth model is faltering. Developing economies’ best hope now lies in raising productivity across labour-absorbing services.
Europe’s Drug War Punishes the Poor and Spares the Powerful
As welfare provision retreats, European states police the marginalised while laundering networks and corporate enablers escape scrutiny.
Péter Magyar Defeated Orbán on Nationalist Ground
In Budapest, Magyar took back the flag — and showed Europe how to beat the far right.
The Industrial Accelerator Act Is Too Weak, Not Too Protectionist
Bruegel wants the EU to drop its manufacturing target and trust the market China spent decades engineering.
Germany’s Seventh Year of Stagnation Exposes a Missing Strategy
Berlin’s new growth package and pension overhaul dodge the real problem: the collapse of corporate investment and innovation.
The Climate Consensus of 2019 Is Gone — Europe Needs a New One
The Commission’s upcoming proposals on carbon markets and electrification will signal whether Europe still means to decarbonise.
FIFA Has Made World Cup Tickets a Financial Instrument
Ghost tickets, surge pricing, and resale fees reveal how football’s biggest event now profits from its own fans.
Switzerland Votes Down a Xenophobic Initiative — Thanks to the Unions
A decades-long union campaign on wage protection helped Swiss voters bury the SVP’s population cap and keep the EU door open.
Open Letter to Manfred Weber
Weber bears responsibility for the Return Regulation vote of 17 June, which allows up to 24 months’ detention for seeking a better life.
Europe’s Circular Economy Must Be Built for Workers, Not Just Resources
Judith Kirton-Darling, Philippe Pochet and Laurent Standaert
Brussels wants to double recycling by 2030, but efficiency targets alone cannot build a fairer, more resilient economy.
Incentives Beat Threats: Europe’s Quiet Reform Breakthrough
Igor Guardiancich, Mattia Guidi, Enrico Borghetto and Lucia Quaglia
NextGenerationEU exposed an awkward truth: governments reform faster when Brussels offers cash than when it threatens punishment.
Hyperglobalization 2.0: Why AI Has Not Slowed the World Down
Trade wars suggest deglobalisation, but the AI race is wiring the world together at unprecedented speed.
Europe’s Largest Companies Now Lend More Than They Invest
Europe drowns in cheap capital yet starves for investment — because its biggest firms now lend rather than build.
Why Solar Grids, Not American LNG, Should Power Europe Next
Jeffrey Sommers, Daniel Pop and Cosmin Marian
A southern-solar, north-south grid offers Europe an escape from both Russian gas and overpriced American LNG.