Politics

The EU has achieved much in the last term and faces big challenges in the next. Its citizens can set the priorities in June.

This May Day, trade unions must be at the centre of defending and rebuilding democracy.

A world in turmoil, Jan Zielonka writes, needs a democratic Europe, with a new social contract, offering hope to the helpless.

Not only does such a policy not work to deter migration—it will politically damage any party that adopts it.

Critics have misunderstood the complexity behind Viktor Orbán’s narrative of railing against ‘Brussels’.

Georgia is sliding towards autocracy after its government moves to force through a bill on ‘foreign agents’.

Political scientist Eunice Goes explains the vicissitudes of social democracy historically and addresses its contemporary challenges.

Whoever wins the US presidential election, Paul Mason writes, the EU has no option but to underpin its collective defence.

As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect.

The situation in Gaza cries out for a broad coalition of countries committed to a just and permanent peace.

We should counter the radical right, Robert Misik writes, not with left-wing populism but the power of reason.

Two books focused on Britain address shifting class configurations and go back to the drawing board on a hegemonic project.

Is the security council ‘demand’ for a ceasefire legally binding? Here is what international law says.

People fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.

With access to food aid denied by Israel, two-thirds of a million Gazans already face ‘catastrophe’.