Learning mobility: making it the norm in the EU
Even if ambitious 2030 targets were attained, Sofia Fernandes writes, learning mobility would still be a minority privilege.
‘Building back better’ needs green construction
Pursuing energy efficiency will generate more construction jobs—but that requires tackling labour shortages and skills mismatches.
Time for a job guarantee in Europe?
A job guarantee could end long spells of joblessness for millions in the EU and send a pre-election signal that a ‘social Europe’ is possible.
EU fiscal rules: time to face the contradictions
The new version of the pre-pandemic fiscal rules, if imposed, would jeopardise the European economy.
The shadow of austerity—and authoritarianism
European trade unions are mobilising today in Brussels against the austerity which would follow reimplanted fiscal rules.
Just a matter of time? The ‘right to disconnect’
Achieving the right to disconnect is becoming a test case of the European Union’s commitment to social dialogue.
EU-US relations: key to geopolitical stability
The transatlantic partnership must be strengthened to combat a range of multifaceted global challenges.
The AI Act: deregulation in disguise
The loopholes in the AI Act emerging from trilogue negotiations late on Friday could allow big corporations to slip through.
The idea of a liberal socialism
Liberalism and socialism have been wrongly counterposed. Connected, they represent a hegemonic alternative.
European constitutional reform hangs in the balance
The EU needs more coherent governance not just to accommodate its enlargement but to assume its global responsibilities.
Treaty changes for an EU that works for citizens
The European Parliament last month endorsed proposals for treaty changes which would trump nationalistic vetoes.
Investing in human security in Europe
Public investment has been skewed towards the military in the last decade when a much wider array of threats are in evidence.
European citizenship education—antidote to hate
Unified citizenship education is a must to stop democratic backsliding in the European Union.
Healthcare depends on the health of social dialogue
As pressures grow on Europe’s hospitals, lessons must be learned from social dialogue during the pandemic.
Barking up the wrong European tree
A multi-level Europe of networks, Jan Zielonka argues, is the flexible alternative to brittle clashes over ‘sovereignty’.
The renewable answer to Europe’s fossil-fuel inflation
Fossil-energy prices have played a big role in the cost-of-living crisis—and renewables are a big part of the solution.
Energy transition: more ambition needed from EU27
The climate blueprints from EU member states are inadequate—and would forgo major socio-economic benefits.