A long-overdue step on EU sustainability reporting
A draft directive on sustainability reporting begins to address the challenge of turning the corporate tanker towards a zero-emissions 2050.
‘Old’ rules and protections for the ‘new’ world of work
A 'rebuttable presumption of employment' is emerging as a response to platforms denying their workers employee status.
Does it make sense to question the morality of capitalism?
Keynes warned that ‘practical men’ were often in thrall to some dead economist. In fact many leading economists have agreed on the idea of guaranteed work.
Northern Ireland—the unhappy ending Europe’s story must avoid
Europe has always had its anti-enlightenment side. Northern Ireland graphically presents its extreme manifestation.
Can virtual addresses provide a gateway to rights for homeless people?
Europe’s lockdowns highlighted the right to housing—and its link to health and security. For many, however, it remains a distant privilege.
The ‘long Covid’ of work relations and the future of remote work
The pandemic made us all familiar with ‘social distancing’. Employers are starting to glimpse a future where ‘contractual distancing’ is normalised.
Nineteen Burmese protesters sentenced to death—Europe get off your sofa!
The military in Myanmar is fully aware of Europe’s response to the killing spree against democracy protesters. It is not impressed.
The European Union and global governance
The EU’s strategic ambition must not be just to carve out a niche for itself among the major powers but to reshape global governance.
Dealing with the right-wing populist challenge
Sheri Berman explores what the Swedish case reveals about strategies to adopt towards right-wing populist parties.
Europe’s democratic renewal needs a feminist slant
The Conference on the Future of Europe shouldn't degenerate into political theatre. Politicians need to listen and give a voice to citizens.
Taming the Big Tech tiger
New EU digital rules need to tackle the business model of surveillance capitalism.
How to stimulate the economy after the lockdown
A ‘helicopter money’ stimulus of direct payments to individuals, as in the US, would be neither well targeted nor transformatory in Europe.
White, rich, safe: Covid-19 exposes health inequality
The distribution of coronavirus vaccine around the world is glaringly unjust. But many wealthy countries have an equity problem of their own.
Democracy in Iceland
Iceland enjoys the general perception of Nordic countries as well-governed democracies. Its oligarchs would prefer that that remain so.
The eurozone won’t work without safe government bonds
The arcane notion of ‘monetary dominance’ lay behind the last eurozone crisis. Unless challenged, it could underlie another one.
A simultaneously expanding and shrinking world
Branko Milanovic warns that the post-pandemic world could see further polarisation in a now global labour market.
Why the protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland matters
The protocol is a small part of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement but it has enormous implications for both parties. It is imperative they tread with care.