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Let them eat respect?

Jan-Werner Müller

The idea that social-democratic parties should accommodate anti-immigrant sentiment is not only misguided but empirically wrong.

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Europe’s utilities: net zero or not zero?

Sarah Brown

Europe’s largest energy companies are failing on their net-zero pledges.

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Europe and the future of US democracy

Bo Rothstein

Europe needs to address the risk come 2024 of facing not only a non-democratic superpower to its east—but to its west too.

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A mental-health strategy for Europe

Estrella Durá Ferrandis and Cristina Lago Godefroid

The broad social determinants of poor mental health demand a holistic approach.

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Corporate due diligence—it’s in short supply

Rosie Monaghan and Evie Clarke

The EU must enforce robust human-rights due diligence in company supply chains.

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Germany on the way to adequate minimum wages

Thorsten Schulten

The hike to €12 is also a strong signal on the planned European minimum-wages directive.

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Boris Johnson: a political career in freefall

Paul Mason

The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power, Paul Mason writes. It’s lost that muscle memory.

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‘They’re taking our jobs’—really?

Piero Esposito, Stefan Collignon and Sergio Scicchitano

It is widely believed that migrants have displaced indigenous workers—but it's false.

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Capital flight—stopping the looting of Africa

Léonce Ndikumana and James K Boyce

As with the coronavirus, the global north needs to recognise its interdependence with Africa when it comes to financial flows.

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Freedom—we won’t let you down

Ania Skrzypek

Pandemic protests have mobilised the language of ‘freedom’. Progressives need to redefine that as emancipation.

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The Metaverse is a labour issue

Valerio De Stefano, Antonio Aloisi and Nicola Countouris

The Metaverse has been talked about only in terms of gee-whiz technologies.

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Portugal: socialist victory and the morning after

Pedro Magalhães

Why did the socialists win so big in Portugal? Maybe because they weren’t expected to.

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Ukraine and the future of Europe

Joschka Fischer

Vladimir Putin’s indulgence of his imperial impulses has far-reaching implications for Europe’s place in the world.

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The story versus the statistic

Kate Pickett

Kate Pickett ponders how social scientists can bring structural inequalities to light when media focus on individual lives.

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Portuguese elections too close to call

Eunice Goes

Disharmony on the left could pave the way for a right-wing coalition government.

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