Social Europe - Page 33

Renewables and agriculture—friends, not foes

There is enough land in Europe for wholly renewable energy without compromising nature protection or food production.

Only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a just transition.

EU policies on better law-making are tipping the scales in favour of businesses, marginalising social and environmental concerns.

It has yet to dawn on Europe’s leaders, Paul Mason writes, that the whole continent is implicated in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the crisis act with impunity.

Ireland led the ‘race to the bottom’ on corporate taxation. The tide is beginning to turn.

Europe must fast-track the Pact on Migration and Asylum to prevent chaos.

If corporate interests undermine efforts to reduce plastic manufacturing, they will derail the fight against climate change.

Controversial proposals addressed to Ukrainian refugees may perversely only keep them in exile.

The corrosion of trust underlies many of the social pathologies of today—but there are solutions.

Hard-pressed Europeans bear most of the tax-raising brunt, while the wealthy get away very lightly.

Ireland’s president sends a message to fellow heads of state and government as they ready for New York.

It’s time finally to jettison the convenient claim that taxing the rich more would only reduce tax revenue.

The report on European ‘competitiveness’ is good on industrial strategy but poor from a social perspective.

Effective transnational co-operation is required to protect third-country posted workers from abuses.