Social Europe - Page 95

Ukraine’s refugees: hospitality required

It’s time for the rest of Europe to show solidarity with Ukrainians through temporary protection of refugees.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine demands a multi-pronged, enduring European response sending a very clear signal to the Kremlin.

The Russian president has launched his invasion of Ukraine but the attack could severely destabilise his regime.

Performance pay might be thought to reward merit—but it mainly rewards men.

Investing in good jobs and employees is crucial to negotiating the green and digital transitions.

The narrative of universal human rights did for the Soviet Union. It’s the biggest threat to its successor, muscle-flexing in Ukraine.

The EU must enforce mandatory due diligence on corporations and their supply chains and involve workers in its strategy.

Human-rights due diligence must be taken seriously—as the Brumadinho case showed.

This time, Branko Milanovic writes, it is labour—not capital—which will be globalised.

Pushbacks at Europe’s borders have not been compliant with the Refugee Convention. Nor would internal ones.

His cardinal sin is to have forgotten the core tenet of the rule of law: those who make the rules are bound by them.

As Greece shows in extremis, the cultural sector is crying out for appropriate social policies.

Major emitters must deliver on critical ‘climate justice’ issues, such as financing for vulnerable countries.

Trade unions demand an ambitious directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining.

To change the pessimistic Zeitgeist, left-wing politics and radical art must renew their alliance, Robert Misik writes.