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Russia is winning the information war

Aiste Merfeldaite

In Europe the struggle by Ukraine has largely been seen as a defence of universal norms. But around the world that is far from universal.

Lean work and a narrowing path to ‘good jobs’

Amy Healy and Seán Ó Riain

Work regimes are increasingly demanding. But ‘leaner’ does not mean ‘fitter’ for workers.

Europe must unite to stop deep-sea resource grab

Guy Standing

The ban on deep-sea mining risks losing its traction—and Europe is divided on the issue.

Five years of ‘Fridays for Future’: what future now?

Carina Siebler, Leonhard Schmidt, Lennart Schürmann and Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti

The movement is adapting its strategy to advocate for social climate policies.

Lachin corridor needs more than EU tunnel vision

George Meneshian

If Europe does not wake up to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, it could be complicit in genocide.

Olaf Scholz, the improbable role model

Robert Misik

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

Anja Louis

Spain’s #MeToo moment shows however that things are changing.

Facing Europe’s huge challenges

Robin Wilson

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?

Renate Schroeder

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

Paul Mason

Labour must not follow the Tories downwards, Paul Mason writes, as they grasp at electoral straws.

Europe facing three threats to its future

William Desmonts

The EU has to navigate disturbing internal dynamics, external challenges and a weak economic outlook.

Policing must be based on human rights

David Martín Abánades

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

Sascha Ostanina

Ukraine’s post-war recovery will require concerted, long-term EU commitment, leveraging substantial private investment.

From inflation shock to a sharp distributional conflict

Thilo Janssen

Wages have fallen behind inflation, while profit-taking has not only fuelled price rises but reduced the labour share.

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