Italy, Albania, asylum and ‘European values’
Albania’s agreement to process offshore asylum-seekers heading for Italy, Lily Lynch writes, is not a good look.
Is Germany going authoritarian-left?
Sahra Wagenknecht's new party has a questionable support base and doubtful prospects—like others of its kind across Europe.
COP28 must focus on the climate-fuelled health crisis
The data show we are heading toward catastrophe, yet world leaders refuse to recognise the urgency of phasing out fossil fuels.
Prioritising profits over Europe’s childcare
As in adult long-term care, corporations are accruing rents from publicly funded childcare, exploiting workers and children.
Ensuring a just Europe for all children
More children are at risk of poverty than before the pandemic—early childhood education and care is critical.
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.