Blurring of boundaries in work’s ‘new normal’
The good news is that ‘hybrid’ working favours employee self-determination. The bad news is it’s hard to keep work at bay.
‘Whatever it takes’, ten years on
A decade ago Mario Draghi helped save the euro and the EU. Yet the lessons have still fully to sink in.
Effective pandemic response must be truly global
The world needs a pandemic preparedness and response strategy built on equitable and representative decision-making.
Dealing with inflation, really
Jayati Ghosh bemoans the economics profession’s inability to think beyond crude analyses of inflation—and crude policies to stem it.
European women’s football—still a cold-war divide
Why have teams from central and eastern Europe again been absentees?
The productivity slowdown, inflation and austerity
Calls for the ECB to raise rates to stem inflation have missed the negative impact of ‘structural reforms’ of labour markets on innovation.
Ukraine to pass laws wrecking workers’ rights
Zero-hours contracts are set to be legalised and 70 per cent of the workforce exempted from workplace protections.
European union leaders on the fight for democracy
As core democratic institutions, trade unions have had to learn hard lessons on defeating authoritarianism.
How to restore workers’ rights
The grim statistics on workers’ rights will only be righted if global standards are properly enforced.
Draghi’s resignation: what next?
Only one political figure will benefit from chaos in Italy. He is in Moscow, not Rome.
Paving the way for radicalised violence
Mainstream politicians, Lisa Pelling writes, must recognise that their words have consequences.
Politicians should stop the ‘Uberisation’ of EU politics
The Uber Files contain a fearful reference to a European NGO. One of its campaigners responds.
The Uber Files—a wake-up call for the EU institutions
The huge challenges facing the EU can only be met if citizens are confident it acts in the public interest.
Achieving Earth for all
Because the changes to achieve sustainable wellbeing for all are so big, they require determined social movements.
Building just-transition policies out of fossil misery
Europe could go backwards on just transition in the face of the fossil-fuel supply crisis. Except that it can’t.
European Parliament brings decisions closer to the public
Further empowering the parliament and reducing unanimous decision-making would help tackle the EU’s democratic deficit.
How board quotas influence gender-equality policies
Quotas can encourage corporate leadership to assign more importance to equality.