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Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society’s most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. This archive page brings together Social Europe articles on political issues.

Ukraine: journalists in Russia’s sights

Kelly Bjorkland and Simon Smith 23rd September 2023

Reports suggest that Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists in Ukraine—which is a war crime.

EU enlargement—back to the future

Emilija Tudzarovska 22nd September 2023

How the European Union failed to deal with the collapse of Yugoslavia has lessons for the imperative of enlargement today.

Ursula von der Leyen—the accidental president

Alberto Alemanno 15th September 2023

The State of the European Union address reflected a union buffeted by a series of crises.

Exchanging glances: Serbia seduces illiberal America

Lily Lynch 11th September 2023

The government of Aleksandar Vučić is trying to clean up its image, Lily Lynch writes—without having to clean up its act.

Russia is winning the information war

Aiste Merfeldaite 7th September 2023

In Europe the struggle by Ukraine has largely been seen as a defence of universal norms. But around the world that is far from universal.

Lachin corridor needs more than EU tunnel vision

George Meneshian 5th September 2023

If Europe does not wake up to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, it could be complicit in genocide.

Olaf Scholz, the improbable role model

Robert Misik 4th September 2023

A state that protects—and a bulwark for democracy and modernity. Is this, Robert Misik asks, the new paradigm of the democratic left?

Facing Europe’s huge challenges

Robin Wilson 1st September 2023

The outlines of a new progressive narrative for Europe are emerging amid the smoke from forest fires and the war in Ukraine.

Europe facing three threats to its future

William Desmonts 29th July 2023

The EU has to navigate disturbing internal dynamics, external challenges and a weak economic outlook.

Refugees: ‘how could we possibly get here?’

Petra Bendel 25th July 2023

The European Union is crossing human-rights red lines with its Common European Asylum System.

How populists stay popular, from Ankara to Budapest

Stephen Pogány 25th July 2023

Once installed in power, authoritarian leaders such as Erdoğan and Orbán are very hard to dislodge.

Election in Spain: Faustian pact with far right looms?

Bonnie Field and Sonia Alonso 19th July 2023

Parliamentary elections this weekend in Spain could see the far-right party win a share of power.

The Supreme Court kicks away the ladder

Antara Haldar 12th July 2023

The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in university admissions has struck at the heart of the ‘American dream’.

Moving—bottom-up—beyond the crisis in Kosovo

Ian Bancroft 5th July 2023

Civil-society-led dialogue will be key if disinformation is to be rebutted and trust is to be rebuilt.

Orbán, ethnonationalism and xenophobia

Gabriela Greilinger 3rd July 2023

Rejection of the EU’s latest plan for a co-ordinated approach to people movement stems from Orbán’s redefinition of Hungary.

Seeing through Orbán’s anti-‘woke’ smokescreen

Eszter Kováts 3rd July 2023

Western liberals, Eszter Kováts writes, should avoid being seduced by Hungary’s authoritarian mouthpieces.

EU needs to take violence against women seriously

Frances Fitzgerald 30th June 2023

A clash is looming between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on including rape in a coming directive.

Russia’s dangerous nuclear consensus

Ana Palacio 27th June 2023

The war in Ukraine has raised the spectre not only of Russia’s disintegration but also of a catastrophic nuclear confrontation.

Ukraine war: 24 hours of chaos ends

Tracey German 25th June 2023

The abortive Wagner Group insurrection could have significant implications for Russia’s ability to react to Ukraine’s counter-offensive.

After the Pegasus inquiry: watching Big Brother

Saskia Bricmont 23rd June 2023

The European Parliament’s inquiry on Pegasus is over; the struggle for freedom from illegitimate surveillance is not.

EU’s values should dictate an ethos of hospitality

Mary Lawlor 20th June 2023

Violations of the rights of migrants and the silencing of human-rights defenders stem from a mindset of security and control.

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