Social Europe - Page 74

Reviving democracy in a fragmented Europe

Addressing economic inequality is key to restoring political participation and democratic legitimacy.

As a high-level group on social protection and welfare reports, Belgium’s social-affairs minister advances the next EU social agenda.

The proposal for an equity reserve will not solve the challenge of making pensions sustainable.

However the war in Ukraine ends, a new iron curtain will follow unless the EU lives up to its ‘geopolitical’ aspirations.

A Spanish decree to provide more security for artists and other cultural workers should accelerate EU-level action.

Tackling deindustrialisation and degradation requires not a technological fix but a political alternative.

Union recognition can be a tough battle in EU member states in central and eastern Europe.

Attitudes to women in the Ukrainian military are changing as thousands serve on the front lines.

A world at peace depends on making knowledge which could be of military as well as commercial value a public good.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, many feared Europe’s green-energy transition would be collateral damage. Far from it.

Advancing gender equality in the EU depends on strong equality bodies in the member states.

Democratic socialists must take back the concept of freedom from the libertarians, Robert Misik writes.

The $9 billion promised to Pakistan is only a sticking plaster until the west acknowledges the dire climate legacy in south Asia.

The war has been widely portrayed as a turning point for EU foreign policy but it is more of an epiphany.

The ‘securitisation’ of migration and asylum has not only meant drownings in the Mediterranean but also destitution in Europe’s cities.