Poland’s historic election: democracy won
With the progressive bloc likely to replace the populists in power, the relics of the latter and a polarised society will remain challenging.
Israel-Palestine: a comparative perspective
An enduring refugee crisis, the conflict is unlike any similar episode from World War II and its aftermath.
Make chemical safety an EU priority
Tens of thousands of deaths in Europe are caused each year by exposure of workers to hazardous chemicals.
Drawing the consequences from the Várhelyi affair
The European commissioner’s announcement of discontinuation of aid to Palestine, though countermanded, was hugely damaging.
‘Trigger points’ and the polarisation entrepreneurs
Progressives, Eszter Kováts writes, need to avoid the trap of a politics which only knows friends and foes.
Elections in Germany: the far right and the firewall
The Christian Democrats must not learn the wrong lessons from two state elections by adopting the rhetoric of the far right.
A fairer energy system with energy communities
Energy communities, fostering decentralised, renewable supply, need support with their additional social responsibilities.
Collective bargaining—key to business performance
Collective bargaining does not only improve workers’ wages and conditions. It also enhances company performance.
Overcrowded camps at Europe’s borders
Gemma Bird and Ella Dodd
Before last May’s election in Greece, the returning prime minister claimed his ‘firm but fair’ policy on people movement worked. Far from it.
On the road to (no)where? The SDGs at half-time
In 2015 the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 but real change demands a green social contract.
Germany’s true economic disease
Germany is indeed ‘sick’, Peter Bofinger writes—but not for the reason most commentators think.
Slovakia: could this be Fico’s last hurrah?
The populist’s party topped the poll once more in the elections in Slovakia. Yet green political shoots emerged too.
How finance became the problem
Finance has become the driving force behind most decision-making. We seem to have unlearned politics.
Making EU economic governance fit for purpose
Investing in the future and reforming the fiscal rules are essential, while decentralising and democratising economic governance.
Backtracking on a green and just transition?
The Granada declaration will signal whether Europe’s leaders can rise to the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.
G7 versus the BRICS: taking stock in 12 figures
Can China and Russia offer an alternative social model to the universal norms they reject? The evidence says no.
Powering up: the EU and solar energy
A new approach is needed towards the photovoltaic industry in Europe.