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Platforms and their presumptions of power

Aude Cefaliello

Whether the presumption of employment would mean an end to self-employment for platform workers is a false debate.

Social dialogue: still a fuzzy conversation

Christophe Degryse

The European Commission remains ambivalent on involvement of the social partners in political decision-making.

The European Union at war

Jan Zielonka

How can a civilian power such as the EU, Jan Zielonka asks, contend with uncivilised behaviour?

Asylum: the EU’s misplaced moral compass

Enzo Rossi

The measures taken by the EU on asylum should be guided by a lawful and sincere humanitarianism.

‘You mean the prison?’: displaced people on Samos

Gemma Bird

The warehousing of asylum-seekers behind barbed wire encapsulates where ‘protecting borders’ leads.

Belarusian trade unionists take refuge in Germany

Rachel Knaebel

Exiled trade unionists continue their work, hoping to return to Belarus one day to rebuild their society.

The global AI race—it’s time to slow down

German Bender

The world’s largest companies cannot be given free rein in their competition to capitalise artificial intelligence.

Can the west woo Africa?

Ana Palacio

The west’s lack of engagement with Africa in recent years left behind a vacuum China and Russia have eagerly filled.

Conspiracies, detachment and confusion in Russia

Anna Matveeva

Almost a year into the war in Ukraine, Russians seem to be seeking ways to distance themselves from the state.

Road transport in Europe: drivers from third countries

Roberto Parrillo

Transport of goods is the new slave-producing machine in Europe—a powerful tool for social dumping.

The role of public debt in the ‘new normal’

Peter Bofinger

A Schumpeterian perspective provides new insights for fiscal policy in Europe, Peter Bofinger writes.

Contraception inequality in Europe is widening

Lucy Martirosyan

Acccording to the 2023 Contraception Policy Atlas, access to birth control in parts of Europe is worsening.

Green subsidies: what about the global south?

Rachel Thrasher

The new green race between the United States and the European Union threatens to leave developing countries behind.

Protecting health workers from hazardous products

Ian Lindsley, Tony Musu and Adam Rogalewski

There is more clarity about hazardous medicinal products but awareness still needs to be raised to protect workers.

Options for Europe’s ‘geopolitical’ future

Jon Bloomfield

Global challenges have left only one option off the table for the European Union—inertia.

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