Social Europe - Page 37

The future of work: getting ready for tomorrow today

There is no single future for the world of work—and it is up to policy-makers to shape it.

In Vilnius, at a high-level conference on the European Social Charter, it felt like a paradigm shift was taking place.

Swiss workers face a better retirement outlook thanks to a successful trade-union initiative.

Denmark’s tax on greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture is a reason for hope—but not complacency.

Legislation is needed to limit the length of subcontracting chains.

The far right’s national-populist narrative has gone largely unchallenged—despite its utter incoherence.

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has won the electoral first round in France. Welcome to a Europe Orwell would have recognised.

Social stigma against welfare benefits has made devastating poverty acceptable in Britain.

Good jobs and responsible investments are essential among the EU’s new political priorities.

The European Union has given notice of its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. There is still much to do.

Robust enforcement of the European Social Charter is key to strengthening workers’ and trade-union rights across Europe.

The backdrop to the European Social Charter is the historical relationship between peace and social justice.

A proposal for a ceasefire from Ukraine would not only stem the bloodshed but allow it to win the peace.

The Meloni government in Italy is betting everything on radical and polarising constitutional reforms.

Visa rules need an overhaul to facilitate global co-operation in a runaway world, Ankita Anand writes.