Will NextGenerationEU assist Europe’s cohesion?
Addressing Europe’s huge challenges requires treating Europe as more than the sum of its national parts.
Visentini, ‘Fight Impunity’, the ITUC and Qatar
With the ITUC General Council due to meet tomorrow, answers are urgently needed to the deeper issues raised by this affair.
Gendering labour time—regulating domestic work
Too few countries have ratified the ILO convention on domestic work. Too many don’t see the need.
War in the time of digital platforms
The war in Ukraine has highlighted how states and platforms are increasingly in military lock-step.
Ukraine: the risk of ‘refugee fatigue’
To counter Russian disinformation and take on populist parties, European politicians should shape the debate around Ukrainian refugees.
The Ukraine war and Russian soldiers’ mothers
Russian soldiers’ mothers are not demonstrating the strong opposition they have in previous conflicts.
Nicaragua: from liberation to a new dictatorship
Lisa Pelling’s parents moved to Nicaragua to support the revolution. Its leader, she writes, has turned it into a tyranny.
EPC: an idea whose time has not come
The European Political Community will be a distraction, at best, in the institutional architecture of the continent.
An annual check-up for the climate movement
The world made some progress in 2022 on climate change and protecting nature but entrenched interests remain to be overcome.
Remaking a rules-based world order
In an increasingly insecure world, Europe should sponsor a renewal of rules-based multilateralism.
Democracy and the future of work
Anxiety about the state of democracy amid political polarisation should direct us to an unexpected answer—economic citizenship.
North Kosovo: time to turn to civil society
The explosive tensions of recent weeks have exposed the limits of the dialogue brokered by the European Union.
Pay transparency yes, but we need more for equal pay
The gender pay gap is stubborn because several factors underpin it. Action is needed on all of them.
A feminist view of working-time reductions
Reducing working time is necessary to decouple work from growth. Well designed, it could redistribute care more evenly.
‘Gaslighting’ Europe on fossil fuels
Documents from the International Gas Union have revealed the strategy of disinformation pursued by the powerful lobby.
Legal challenges by NGOs, citizens key to climate battle
Strong climate governance means holding governments to account. The EU institutions have shied away from doing so.
Biodiversity: the EU and the race against time
The EU’s Nature Restoration Law must implement key COP15 outcomes on biodiversity—in very short order.