Social democracy: its history and its future
Political scientist Eunice Goes explains the vicissitudes of social democracy historically and addresses its contemporary challenges.
Ukraine is losing and the west faces a stark choice
Ukraine is losing the war. If the west does not help now, it will face a resurgent and aggressive Russia.
European elections: a call for accessibility
More is needed for visually impaired voters—and candidates—to exercise their political rights.
Migrant labour in the ‘gig’ economy: progress or trap?
Platform work is often presented as a stepping-stone for migrant workers. It may not however feel so benign to them.
When less is more: reducing Europe’s material footprint
Beyond cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, the key to a sustainable planet lies in resource management.
Sex trafficking in Romania and Moldova
The charges faced in Romania by a high-profile ‘influencer’ highlight how the region has become a hub for sex trafficking.
Time for a European industrial strategy
The next phase of the European Green Deal can be centred on a European industrial strategy.
Europe’s defence industrial strategy: beyond the rhetoric
Whoever wins the US presidential election, Paul Mason writes, the EU has no option but to underpin its collective defence.
A global legal precedent on climate change
Older Swiss women have set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate-change policy.
EU leaders may miss a rendezvous with history
The emerging strategic agenda for the next EU mandate reveals an ecological step backwards Europe cannot afford to take.
Stepping up the EU agenda on social citizenship
In a more precarious Europe, social protection and minimum-income guarantees must be more strongly embedded.
Will Boeing crash ‘shareholder value’?
Boeing’s self-inflicted woes hold broader lessons for contemporary corporate governance.
Frontex: a public agency incapable of accountability
As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect.
Social Europe needs a new concept of ‘worker’
The distinction between employed and self-employed is becoming incoherent and outdated.
Wage inequality in Europe—and why it is falling
Institutional and economic factors supporting workers are offsetting well-adverted global trends affecting wage distribution.
Rethinking universalism and social rights
Social rights in Europe today require marrying 20th-century universalism with the meeting of diverse, complex needs.
Beyond the ‘backlash’: the green electoral agenda
Voters want a just transition and more, not less, green investment ahead of the European elections.