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Seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs

Branko Milanovic

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

Mark Hancock and Jan Willem Goudriaan

The forthcoming European Care Strategy must seek to return long-term care to public control.

Why do Russians support the war against Ukraine?

Svetlana Erpyleva

Interviews by Russian researchers have shed light on the different groups in Russian society who are pro-war—and why.

What we need for long-term peace and prosperity

Margaret Kuhlow

Recent crises have exposed the shortcomings of our international institutions and growth-obsessed economic models.

AI threatens to increase inequality

Per Molander

The debate on AI has focused mainly on its potential effect on employment. The impact on equality should not however be missed.

A single market for the future

Philippe Pochet

War in Ukraine, the climate challenge and the concept of strategic autonomy are paving the way for a new type of single market.

A new era of containment?

Robert Misik

The security architecture of the past 50 years is in ruins. Robert Misik maps a policy for the new cold war.

Ukrainian refugees and vaccination challenges

Vesna Trifunović and Stuart Blume

We are facing two huge crises: Ukraine and the pandemic. But no one is putting them together.

A new age of party democracy

Emilija Tudzarovska

Critical to the rebuilding of crumbled political pillars such as the Parti Socialiste in France is the installation of party democracy.

Artificial intelligence: filling the gaps

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

Stronger legislation than the European Commission envisages is needed to regulate AI and protect workers.

Why Europe can’t break free from the gas lobby

Pascoe Sabido

Europe’s problem isn’t just dependence on Russian oil and gas. It’s dependence on fossil fuels, period.

What to do with Russian oil and gas

Franz Nauschnigg

The European Union should apply import tariffs, instead of imposing an embargo.

The never-ending pandemic

Danny Dorling

Wishful thinking has left many in Europe unaware that we are now stuck on a low road of significant, burdensome infection.

The French unwilling willingness

Éloi Laurent

The renewed polarisation between Macron and Le Pen in the presidential election conceals a pas de deux.

Ukraine, NATO and a Zeitenwende

Paul Mason

Russia has upended the old rules-based order, Paul Mason writes. Europe needs to shape a new one.

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In this episode of Eurofound Talks, host Mary McCaughey and senior researcher Eszter Sandor unpack the results of the 2025 Living and Working in the EU e-survey. While headline inflation has stabilised at 2.1%, the data reveals a continent gripped by chronic precariousness, with 57% of respondents now at risk of depression. Mary and Eszter explore how this economic insecurity is impacting institutional trust and democratic engagement.
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In this episode of Eurofound Talks, host Mary McCaughey and senior researcher Eszter Sandor unpack the results of the 2025 Living and Working in the EU e-survey. While headline inflation has stabilised at 2.1%, the data reveals a continent gripped by chronic precariousness, with 57% of respondents now at risk of depression. Mary and Eszter explore how this economic insecurity is impacting institutional trust and democratic engagement.

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