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Europe’s social agenda: raising the game

The Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU has set the social-policy ambition for the next European Commission to follow.

For the first time, in the first half of this year wind and solar generated more electricity in the European Union.

The European Union can be the biggest winner from the United Nations tax convention.

UK bosses are increasingly forcing workers back into the office—but evidence suggests it could backfire.

Ignoring the law and the cost of these risky experiments would set the new European Commission on a dangerous path.

It is time to open a discussion on Europe’s role in the protection of climate refugees.

The Paralympics highlight the need for year-round activity to include people with disabilities in sports.

Millions of European citizens are denied the social-rights protection offered by the European Social Charter.

The Hungarian premier’s alignment with Putin’s Russia sits increasingly uneasily with his domestic and European political ambitions.

Climate change is a global challenge, yet trade rules do not allow developing countries to break with neoliberal orthodoxy.

In the face of a prolonged strike for union recognition, Tesla has turned posted workers into strike-breakers.

In the face of the threat from the far right, trade unions represent democracy’s strongest supporters.

Ursula von der Leyen, reaffirmed, promised initiatives on affordable housing and poverty. Ending poverty by 2040 should be the goal.

The crisis of neoliberalism and war in Europe have left all that was solid melting into air.

In the race against climate catastrophe, decades-old fossil-fuel-industry narratives retard the green transition.