Artificial intelligence and workers’ rights
A draft EU regulation on artificial intelligence risks exclusion of the social partners and lack of compliance with data-protection requirements.
Facebook Files and ePrivacy lobbying expose the power of Big Tech
As MEPs host the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen this afternoon, they need to step up their challenge to the surveillance capitalists.
The gamble for the planet: young climate activists could tilt the scales
Government leaders in Glasgow are still behind the climate curve but young activists might just drag the world ahead of it.
If young people ‘are the future’, that needs to start now
Next year has been designated ‘European Year of Youth’. The Conference on the Future of Europe must hold out a real prospect for young people.
Climate conference: fix article 6
Alongside ambitious emissions-reductions targets, well-functioning carbon markets are key to success at COP26 and on today’s agenda.
Growing old—and what it means for the future of Europe
Milan Brglez, Jarosław Duda, José Gusmão, Marina Kaljurand, Miriam Lexmann, Marisa Matias and Sirpa Pietikäinen
Ageing can and should be a positive process, which the Conference on the Future of Europe should embrace.
A ray of hope for arts and cultural workers
A European Parliament report offers hope to arts and cultural workers struggling amid the pandemic. The European Commission must not disappoint them.
An unorthodox solution for Europe’s electricity crisis
National schemes sparing consumers the worst impact of soaring prices are no substitute for the EU redefining electricity as a public good.
Stopping democratic backsliding
Sheri Berman argues that democracy today faces a more insidious threat than coups d’état—slow strangulation by elected autocrats.
Deforestation an attack on the human rights of forest peoples
The European Commission must recognise deforestation is not only about the environment but human rights, especially for indigenous peoples.
The G20, the private sector and the vaccine, debt and climate crises
G20 leaders meeting in Rome must recognise that only public purpose, not private profit, can tackle interconnected global crises.
Gender equality in Europe—everywhere relevant, everyone implicated
Gender Equality Week saw European Parliament committees host many events, highlighting real threats but also strong commitments.
Is Hungary returning to Europe?
The Hungarian opposition have united behind a conservative opponent of Viktor Orbán, ahead of parliamentary elections in the spring.
Care workers are key to quality care
On the Global Day of Action for Care Workers, unions mobilise for investment and decent work.
Is remote work an ecological alternative?
Can the trend to remote work spurred by the pandemic be associated with lower greenhouse-gas emissions? It depends.
Minimum wage—yet another gender divide?
The number of minimum-wage earners has increased across Europe over the last decade—and they are more likely to be women.
Digitalisation and recovery—it’s not just about the technology
Digitalisation must be matched by social innovation if the national recovery and resilience plans are to be effective.