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Regulating platform work in Europe: a work in progress

Dragoș Adăscăliței

Divergences between the European Commission and the European Parliament reveal the real challenges of regulating the platform economy.

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Health and safety: Europe’s patchy commitment

Claes-Mikael Ståhl and Owen Tudor

The European Union must stop compromising on the fundamental right of workers to health and safety.

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From ‘free-market’ to subsidised capitalism

Paul Sweeney

To deal with the climate crisis, governments must recognise that only the state has allowed the last three crises to be contained.

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Tackling the roots of gender-based violence

Ivana Bacik

A new declaration based on the Istanbul convention carries forward the struggle against a pervasive social phenomenon.

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Towards social sustainability: a social taxonomy

Judith Vorbach and Susanne Wixforth

A ‘social taxonomy’ should be developed as a counterpart to the green investment taxonomy, with comprehensive employee involvement.

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Does the United Nations still exist?

Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace.

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EU must act to stop refugee pushbacks in Greece

Tineke Strik, Erik Marquardt and Saskia Bricmont

Lack of action has allowed Greece to build a dark system of pushbacks, surveillance and other fundamental rights violations.

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Turkey: from polarisation to pluralism

Halil Karaveli

Could an Alevi social democrat defeat the authoritarian Erdoğan in next year’s election?

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Reclaim your space through lesbian resistance!

Silvia Casalino and Zita Gurmai

Lesbian feminists gather today for a conference in Budapest facing a ‘gender ideology’ backlash.

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Children a conflict’s most vulnerable victims

Inger Ashing

Europe must put children first in its response to the conflict in Ukraine.

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Italy’s election: a far-right high, on a low budget

Valerio Alfonso Bruno

The honeymoon for a Meloni-led, right-wing government may prove to be shortlived.

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Climate change: what Europeans think

Rory Fitzgerald

The latest European Social Survey shows rising concern about climate change. But is it enough?

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Reasonable left, irresponsible right

Robert Misik

Amid burgeoning crises, Robert Misik writes, the left finds itself assuming the mantle of responsibility.

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Tackling forced labour—without the labourers

Lilana Keith

Simply banning products made with forced labour won’t help the workers affected.

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Sweden: less special than it was

Håkan Bengtsson

The political centre of gravity in Sweden has shifted to the conservative pole.

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The EU is belatedly awakening to a changing Mediterranean sea, where more assertive regional powers are reclaiming a role.

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