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Towards a permanent EU investment fund

Meeting the EU’s climate and energy goals will mean ramping up public investment via a permanent fund.

Sustainable development is a global task largely to be delivered by national governments. What can they learn from the leader—Finland?

This week the European Commission will publish a proposal to revivify social dialogue. It must be more than words.

Jacinda Ardern’s resignation reflects the tough headwinds young progressive women face as political leaders.

The Tory government, Paul Mason writes, is a victim of the skills shortages its ‘free markets’ have engendered.

Digitalisation is not technologically determined but socially shaped—including by new forms of collective action.

In the Ukraine war, the Kremlin’s campaign of misinformation keeps Kyiv and its allies guessing.

Trade unions have been winning battles across Europe to halt the erosion of real wages but can’t win this war alone.

At Davos the corporate elite are discussing a more co-operative world—yet their arbitrage relies on its rifts.

EU anti-discrimination law applies to all ‘personal work’—not just employment contracts—the Court of Justice has ruled.

The EU makes a difference on whether arms exports are governed by values or interests—but it could do more.

Jayati Ghosh warns against historically disastrous approaches to the sovereign-debt crisis hitting low- and middle-income countries.

Addressing Europe’s huge challenges requires treating Europe as more than the sum of its national parts.

With the ITUC General Council due to meet tomorrow, answers are urgently needed to the deeper issues raised by this affair.

Too few countries have ratified the ILO convention on domestic work. Too many don’t see the need.