To quit Russian gas and oil, a green-transition jubilee
Europe must exit from its dependence on Russian fossil fuel by designating the next year as one of state-financed domestic conversions.
Europe’s solution to its energy dependence
Europe could simply buy fewer fossil fuels from Russia, maybe more from elsewhere—but there is a more fundamental answer.
Enhancing Europe’s equality framework
Minimum standards for national equality bodies are needed to ensure equal treatment applies equally across the EU.
Who should be responsible for emissions reductions?
The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest.
Good food—a public good
Amid growing food insecurity and climate breakdown, the EU must ensure healthy and sustainable food is accessible and affordable for all.
What do ordinary Russians really think about the war?
Surveys suggest most Russians support the use of military force in Ukraine. Is this an accurate picture?
Civil society’s shrinking space
Amid the argument over the rule of law in some member states, civil society needs strengthening, embodying European values.
Ukraine underlines urgency of EU green food goals
Powerful industrial-agriculture lobbies are seeking to take advantage of the crisis to undermine EU commitments.
Fair pay for truck drivers
The Conference on the Future of Europe needs to hold out a prospect of a single market that works for its mobile workers.
The obsession to ‘complete the single market’
Multinationals are pushing to open new frontiers in the single market with a deregulatory agenda.
How to welcome Ukrainian refugees
Lisa Pelling begins a new Social Europe column with lessons for integration—especially from Sweden.
Capturing the pessimists—exploiting status concerns
Concerns about status can sustain parties which promise change through nationhood.
Europe needs drastic pesticide reduction
A leaked proposal from the European Commission would favour the agrochemical industry, not the citizenry.
How Europe can include Ukrainian refugees in society
European countries should start preparing to integrate the new arrivals for the long term.
Europe’s agriculture and care—mistreated migrants
Informal migrant workers are denied basic social protection and the chance to integrate.
Rebutting the assaults on gender equality
Tackling gender-based violence, on which an EU directive proposal is expected today, is key to restoring momentum to the feminist cause.
Covid-19 didn’t cause the care crisis—privatisation did
The scandal of Europe’s biggest eldercare operator highlights how a public good has been turned into a private asset class.