Europe’s future hangs in the balance
Europe Day should be a day of celebration. Today it is an affirmation of resolve.
Return to positive interest rates requires a safety net
Peter Bofinger explains how inflation in the eurozone can be tempered without jeopardising recovery.
The long shadow of market fundamentalism
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
The coming world order
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.
No time for silos amid global heating
Sweden needs a ‘joined-up’ approach to climate change or it will fall well short of its responsibilities.
Covid-19 and the ‘deserving’ vulnerable
In public vaccination programmes, all humans should be equal. But some have proved more equal than others.
Has the war in Ukraine made the EU a geopolitical actor?
Suddenly, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, the EU’s ‘geopolitical’ claims have become essential, not aspirational.
‘South working’: the future of remote work
If remote working is no longer to be temporary, workers could revitalise previously ‘remote’ areas.
On May 1st, need for solidarity greater than ever
From Ukraine to the cost-of-living crisis to the pandemic, the social challenges of the moment demand a solidaristic response.
The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism
The siloviki who gained power during Putin’s early years have been replaced by faceless security technocrats—real heirs to the KGB.
Occupational safety and health—a fundamental right
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as every day, some 7,500 workers will die from its absence.
Covid-19 and safety at work—union dilemmas
Unions have struggled with health-and-safety responses to Covid-19.
A citizens’ Europe?
The Conference on the Future of Europe could lead to a new European constitution.
The too-invisible hand of the EU emissions market
Europe has lost almost two precious decades to decarbonise industry due to one of the worst designed EU policy instruments.
Climate leadership needs more women
Women face the greatest risks from environmental crises and have been shown to deliver better environmental policy results.
Seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs
The episode has proved, Branko Milanovic writes, that Russia is not ruled by a few rich men but by a single autocrat.
Public pensions push profit over care
The forthcoming European Care Strategy must seek to return long-term care to public control.