Olaf Scholz, the improbable role model
A state that protects—and a bulwark for democracy and modernity. Is this, Robert Misik asks, the new paradigm of the democratic left?
World Cup kiss: feminist progress meets backlash
Spain’s #MeToo moment shows however that things are changing.
Facing Europe’s huge challenges
The outlines of a new progressive narrative for Europe are emerging amid the smoke from forest fires and the war in Ukraine.
Facing the social realities of the green transition
Hans Dubois and Ana Jesus
Europe faces many challenges on the road to climate neutrality. Broad civil-society involvement is crucial for getting there.
A European Media Freedom Act worthy of its name?
Amid a sea of online misinformation, in a ‘polycrisis’ world reliable public-interest journalism has never been more essential.
The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redder
Labour must not follow the Tories downwards, Paul Mason writes, as they grasp at electoral straws.
Europe facing three threats to its future
The EU has to navigate disturbing internal dynamics, external challenges and a weak economic outlook.
Policing must be based on human rights
Police services exist to uphold the rule of law. They can only do so if their policing model is based on protection of human rights.
Ukraine’s recovery: a huge challenge ahead
Ukraine’s post-war recovery will require concerted, long-term EU commitment, leveraging substantial private investment.
From inflation shock to a sharp distributional conflict
Wages have fallen behind inflation, while profit-taking has not only fuelled price rises but reduced the labour share.
Get ready for the X-day week!
The clunky debate over four versus five days should be replaced by a focus on flexibility and individal autonomy.
Refugees: ‘how could we possibly get here?’
The European Union is crossing human-rights red lines with its Common European Asylum System.
How populists stay popular, from Ankara to Budapest
Once installed in power, authoritarian leaders such as Erdoğan and Orbán are very hard to dislodge.
Three choices for a more strategic Europe
The EU aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030. It must make strategic choices to realise 90 per cent by 2040.
Taking inequality seriously—and tackling it seriously
Rising inequality is a challenge for the multilateral system, Jayati Ghosh writes, which must first measure it properly.
Changing the face of trade-union leadership
Women are increasingly assuming leading roles in trade unions. Next comes changing organisational cultures.
Nature Restoration Law: an opportunity crucial to seize
The EU Nature Restoration Law has been saved but with its ambition deeply eroded—negotiators must restore its aspirations.