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Ostrich politics and its alternatives

In lieu of comforting, self-righteous myths, Eszter Kováts argues, progressives should take the ‘anti-woke’ challenge seriously.

A transnational perspective is needed to curb nationalistic populism and bring Europeans closer.

Public assistance for firms must be rendered conditional on constraints on their freedom to move elsewhere.

The right-wing government and employers have represented the reforms as in line with the ‘Nordic model’ they seek to dismantle.

Real solutions to the crises fuelling the far right needs demand public investment. The super-rich must pay their share.

People are not unaware of climate change, Lisa Pelling writes. But they find it difficult to imagine the green transition.

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.

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.