Child Guarantee—for most, but not all
The adoption of the European Child Guarantee is a big step forward. It will take another, however, to end institutional care.
The adoption of the European Child Guarantee is a big step forward. It will take another, however, to end institutional care.
Social clauses in trade deals are sometimes represented as a premise for denial of market access to developing countries. The evidence suggests otherwise.
The EU-Mercosur agreement, on which negotiations ended a year ago, awaits signing and ratification. They should be in no rush.
Governments should ignore siren warnings that only hyperinflation can come from pandemic-induced investments.
The European Commission’s Green Paper on Ageing has a blindspot—elder abuse.
A new transatlantic relationship is critical to any hope of global realisation of the goals of the Paris agreement.
‘Zero pollution’ is a very good goal for the European Union to adopt—but only if zero means zero.
The successful action by citizens and NGOs in a Dutch court against Shell has sent a frisson through corporate boardrooms—with reason.
Weronika Grzebalska begins a new Social Europe column by exploring how the liberal left in Poland has abdicated to the populists the resonant theme of women and defence.
Faced with escalating deaths in the Mediterranean, official Europe needs to relocate its moral conscience.
The concerns of health and care workers go well beyond the pandemic and pay, touching on their human dignity.
Since the end of the cold war, NATO has struggled to find a role. It can find it in a focus on human security.
The cement for a new transatlantic relationship should be a common commitment to democracy in a world of rising authoritarian challenges.
Fascism is not just sepia images of yesteryear but a contemporary threat. A liberal-left alliance is needed to counter it.
The radical right has been setting the agenda in terms of identity and security. Social democrats need to recapture it and redefine Europe.
Sheri Berman warns that while the threats may seem incremental they pose a real danger—which Europeans should note.
Apocalyptic visions of robots stealing workers’ jobs are not only misguided but have diverted attention from more significant trends.