How the war in Ukraine has transformed the EU
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a profound effect on the European Union, whose response is defining its trajectory.
COP28: the loss-and-damage fund
A year on from the breakthrough on climate-change funding, poor countries eye disappointment at the Dubai summit.
Israel-Palestine: what kind of solidarity?
The imperative of solidarity is with all those Jews and Palestinians who seek the solution neither Hamas nor Netanyahu wants.
War in Gaza: the silence of Europe’s leaders
The European Union must find a collective and distinctive voice to seek to rein in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Social democracy in the global south at a crossroads
Amid geoeconomic disruption and geopolitical competition, the alternatives are stark: democratic socialism or barbarism.
For socially fair European disability cards
The proposal from the European Commission would fall short of equal citizenship for disabled people.
Big tent: the social-democratic election formula
A unity cemented by tolerance is needed for social-democratic success in the elections to the European Parliament.
The imperative of reforming EU economic governance
Finance ministers must forestall reapplication of the existing fiscal rules, to prevent a disastrous renewal of austerity.
The fight against human trafficking
As trilogue negotiations begin, the EU is on the home stretch of a crucial directive for victims of human trafficking.
How industry can launder a health-risking substance
Titanium dioxide should remain classified as carcinogenic within the EU—despite industry interference.
Sweden: a social model losing its sheen
Sweden’s much-lauded model of prosperity and social comfort is threatened by a lack of public investment.
A new world order: from warring states to citizens
It will take decades of intellectual effort, Paul Mason writes, before a new world order emerges from the cumulative chaos.
Germany and Ukraine: avoiding refugee tensions
A potential conflict of national interests over Ukrainian refugees needs to be anticipated and pre-empted.
‘Women’s economics’ goes mainstream
Claudia Goldin’s Nobel prize puts women’s labour-force participation and the gender pay gap at the centre of economics.
Rethinking globalisation in an age of crises
We need to find a path to peaceful coexistence and co-operation, fixing the social and economic damage of the last three decades
US electric-car maker faces Swedish union shock
Tesla faces its first ever strike after refusing to negotiate with the Swedish trade union IF Metall.
Equality for persons with disabilities on the move
The European Commission has put its disability cards on the table but it is not a full hand.