Social Europe - Page 90

Transnational labour and social rights

A European layer of social insurance is increasingly necessary.

Ukraine has been invaded by one of Europe’s most unequal countries. But then equality is one of democracy’s strongest buttresses.

Individuals prone to shame and resentment may be drawn to radical-right rhetoric.

Sanctions have so far been economic and short-term. The long-term goal of political freedom in Russia must be kept in mind.

Europe’s central bank is under pressure to raise interest rates to counter rising inflation. It should resist it.

Nominally egalitarian education systems, Kate Pickett writes, can in reality reproduce deep social inequalities.

By attacking another European country, Putin crossed a line drawn after World War II. But he also changed Russia.

The future could realise the dream of Marx and Keynes for a society beyond work—or a populist nightmare of worklessness.

Rise of telework should dispel the notion that only work in the public sphere is, really, ‘work’.

Slovenia rarely makes headlines in Europe—but its election will say a lot about the future of the EU.

The popularity of Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister had been waning. The invasion of Ukraine may offer an electoral lifeline.

Amid the impasse over its national recovery plan, a study has shown the very low effectiveness of EU funding in Hungary.

Sections of the left which still think of the world in blocs, Sheri Berman writes, are guilty of blocked thinking.

Without active participation of women, a carbon-neutral future will remain out of reach.

An EU-wide scheme could address progressives’ concerns.