Recovery and Resilience: stop-gap or sea-change?
The Recovery and Resilience Facility could remain a one-off crisis measure—or point to a permanent EU fiscal arrangement.
Polarisation and the threat to democracy
In a polarised US, Sheri Berman writes, the tyranny of unrepresentative minorities represents the main threat to democracy.
Unhappy birthday, Andrei Sakharov
The Kremlin's negation of the Nobel laureate’s legacy represents another step backwards which could lead to nuclear war.
How the public loses out when politicians cash in
Gerhard Schröder has clearly breached the trust of the German people.
Ukraine and Europe’s defence spending
Europe’s reaction to the Ukraine crisis will do much to define what kind of Europe it is to be.
The Ukraine war and NATO’s renewed credibility
On the biggest issues threatening people around the world in the coming years, NATO is well-nigh irrelevant.
A European constituency for a European public sphere
The European Parliament’s support for a pan-European constituency could transform the 2024 elections.
EU hydrogen targets—a neo-colonial resource grab
The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies.
Control the vampire companies
Jayati Ghosh highlights the vicious circle between spiralling wealth and corporate political influence.
Australian Labor’s climate policy
The 'teals' and Greens will turn up the heat on Labor’s climate policy. Here’s what to expect.
Peace and trade—a new perspective
The Ukraine crisis has shown not only that unlimited trade is impossible but also that it needs to be regulated by values.
COP15: negotiations must come out of the shadows
Biodiversity receives less attention than climate, although the collapse of the planet's biomass is as worrying as climate change.
The uneven battlefield of reproductive rights
Progressives have been too slow to appreciate the attack on reproductive rights in eastern Europe and the US.
Ukraine is no reason to invest in gas
The EIB must resist pressure to finance liquefied-natural-gas projects and champion zero-carbon public transport instead.
Sweden’s schools: Milton Friedman’s wet dream
Lisa Pelling explains how ‘freedom of choice’ has wrought a vicious circle of inequality and underperformance.
Access to justice in the ‘Fit for 55’ package
Implementing the ‘Fit for 55’ package depends on citizens and NGOs being able to hold governments to account.
The new French left—the sociology of socialism
The realignment on the French left highlights the basic requirement that the left unite the working and professional classes.