Social Europe - Page 51

Technological development: valuing labour

Technological innovation at work should be thought of in terms of supporting labour, not supplanting it.

As the European elections loom, legislation addressing the root causes of poverty must move to the top of the agenda.

In the next term the EU can advance an eco-social future which values participation in care and enables access as a universal basic service.

A spectre is haunting Europe, Paul Mason writes. It is the spectre of Trumpism, mark two.

A Harlem schools programme shows how education can counter, rather than reinforce, brute-luck disadvantage.

Kyiv’s need for self-defence has pushed the country towards far-reaching expansion of the state’s economic role.

Women, though disproportionately affected by climate change, are an afterthought when it comes to climate action.

The long process of levelling up the capacity of EU member states’ equality bodies is accelerating to a conclusion.

Progressive European leaders need to tell a convincing story about the necessity of reaching outwards in a dangerous world.

The European Union has the opportunity to prioritise preventive action over crisis management.

Those with seats at the table of the international financial institutions, Jayati Ghosh writes, cling to their power.

A spotlight on health and social care shows the need for an EU directive on musculo-skeletal disorders.

Tesla’s confrontation with Swedish workers highlights how solidarity must be enabled in a globalised Europe.

Behind the Kremlin façade of a grateful people devoted to their leader lie despair, paranoia, intolerance, rage and violence.

The ‘gig’-economy directive, a critical legacy of social rights from this EU term, is being held up by some member states.