Social Europe - Page 84

The Uber Files—a wake-up call for the EU institutions

The huge challenges facing the EU can only be met if citizens are confident it acts in the public interest.

Because the changes to achieve sustainable wellbeing for all are so big, they require determined social movements.

Europe could go backwards on just transition in the face of the fossil-fuel supply crisis. Except that it can’t.

Poland has opened its border with Ukraine to war refugees. Not so at another border, with Belarus.

A ‘tight’ labour market is not such a bad thing for trade unions—and therefore for workers.

Peter Bofinger argues that state guarantees of loans to households could cushion the price shock at negligible cost.

Is the European Commission complying with the UN convention on disability vis-à-vis funding institutions from the EU budget?

A green revolution of low-cost energy for all keeps our future secure from global heating—and dictators.

Best practices in short-time working can prepare for the looming downturn.

Easements of the impact of inflation will still leave the poorest losing ground. Positive pro-poor policies are needed.

Nicoletta Pirozzi argues that to mitigate its foreign policy dysfunctionalities the EU needs to end the unanimity requirement.

The ‘key’ workers of the pandemic need sustained recognition. The chaos at airports shows what happens otherwise.

The directive fundamentally strengthens collective bargaining and trade union power.

Refusing to engage with Russian culture will not change Putin’s calculations, let alone impel him to withdraw from Ukraine.

Reining in demand via monetary policy will not solve a supply problem.