Ukraine’s EU membership: still some way off
There has been a positive response to the appeal by the Ukrainian president for EU membership. But it won’t come soon.
Services, value chains and the global south
Insertion into global value chains in services is no hand-up panacea for the least-developed countries.
From shock therapy to Putin’s war
Putin is alone responsible for the war in Ukraine but prominent westerners played a key role in Russia's post-Soviet trajectory.
Labour’s opportunity: a multi-party government
If the Conservatives are to be defeated at the next Westminster election, Labour must back a coalition alternative.
Democracy and security in the EU’s neighbourhood
Nicoletta Pirozzi opens a Social Europe column by sketching the political vision the EU must hold out to its neighbours such as Ukraine.
Ukraine’s refugees: hospitality required
It’s time for the rest of Europe to show solidarity with Ukrainians through temporary protection of refugees.
Solidarity in time of war
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demands a multi-pronged, enduring European response sending a very clear signal to the Kremlin.
Ordinary Russians don’t want this war
The Russian president has launched his invasion of Ukraine but the attack could severely destabilise his regime.
Performance-related pay and the gender pay gap
Performance pay might be thought to reward merit—but it mainly rewards men.
Transitions through workplace innovation
Investing in good jobs and employees is crucial to negotiating the green and digital transitions.
The Ukraine crisis: how to respond?
The narrative of universal human rights did for the Soviet Union. It’s the biggest threat to its successor, muscle-flexing in Ukraine.
Will Europe deliver on corporate responsibility?
The EU must enforce mandatory due diligence on corporations and their supply chains and involve workers in its strategy.
Why we need a European supply-chain act
Human-rights due diligence must be taken seriously—as the Brumadinho case showed.
The beginning of a new globalisation
This time, Branko Milanovic writes, it is labour—not capital—which will be globalised.
Apprehend, detain, deport—towards a securitised EU?
Pushbacks at Europe’s borders have not been compliant with the Refugee Convention. Nor would internal ones.
Boris Johnson’s last affair?
His cardinal sin is to have forgotten the core tenet of the rule of law: those who make the rules are bound by them.
Doors closed, living on air
As Greece shows in extremis, the cultural sector is crying out for appropriate social policies.