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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.

Orbán, Putin and prospects for democracy in Hungary

Stephen Pogány 29th March 2022

The popularity of Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister had been waning. The invasion of Ukraine may offer an electoral lifeline.

Time to decamp from cold-war ideas

Sheri Berman 28th March 2022

Sections of the left which still think of the world in blocs, Sheri Berman writes, are guilty of blocked thinking.

A European basic income?

Dominic Afscharian, Viktoriia Muliavka, Marius Ostrowski and Lukáš Siegel 25th March 2022

An EU-wide scheme could address progressives’ concerns.

A European solidarity pact

Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Frank Vandenbroucke, Thomas Dermine, Meryame Kitir, Frédéric Daerden, Christie Morréale and Nawal Ben Hamou 24th March 2022

Europe’s political leaders must rise to today’s challenges.

What do ordinary Russians really think about the war?

Kseniya Kizlova and Pippa Norris 17th March 2022

Surveys suggest most Russians support the use of military force in Ukraine. Is this an accurate picture?

The obsession to ‘complete the single market’

Olivier Hoedeman 15th March 2022

Multinationals are pushing to open new frontiers in the single market with a deregulatory agenda.

Capturing the pessimists—exploiting status concerns

Phil Howe, Edina Szöcsik and Christina Zuber 14th March 2022

Concerns about status can sustain parties which promise change through nationhood.

The global struggle for democracy is in Ukraine

Susan Stokes 7th March 2022

Russia’s military assault on Ukraine caps a period of political attacks on democracy around the world.

Ukraine’s EU membership: still some way off

Dorina Baltag 3rd March 2022

There has been a positive response to the appeal by the Ukrainian president for EU membership. But it won’t come soon.

From shock therapy to Putin’s war

Katharina Pistor 1st March 2022

Putin is alone responsible for the war in Ukraine but prominent westerners played a key role in Russia’s post-Soviet trajectory.

Labour’s opportunity: a multi-party government

Frances Foley 1st March 2022

If the Conservatives are to be defeated at the next Westminster election, Labour must back a coalition alternative.             

Democracy and security in the EU’s neighbourhood

Nicoletta Pirozzi 28th February 2022

Nicoletta Pirozzi opens a Social Europe column by sketching the political vision the EU must hold out to its neighbours such as Ukraine.

Ukraine’s refugees: hospitality required

Lukasz Dziedzic 28th February 2022

It’s time for the rest of Europe to show solidarity with Ukrainians through temporary protection of refugees.

Solidarity in time of war

Frank Hoffer 28th February 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine demands a multi-pronged, enduring European response sending a very clear signal to the Kremlin.

Ordinary Russians don’t want this war

Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis 24th February 2022

The Russian president has launched his invasion of Ukraine but the attack could severely destabilise his regime.

The Ukraine crisis: how to respond?

Mary Kaldor 22nd February 2022

The narrative of universal human rights did for the Soviet Union. It’s the biggest threat to its successor, muscle-flexing in Ukraine.

Will Europe deliver on corporate responsibility?

Isabelle Schömann 22nd February 2022

The EU must enforce mandatory due diligence on corporations and their supply chains and involve workers in its strategy.

Why we need a European supply-chain act

Michael Vassiliadis 22nd February 2022

Human-rights due diligence must be taken seriously—as the Brumadinho case showed.

Apprehend, detain, deport—towards a securitised EU?

Felix Bender 21st February 2022

Pushbacks at Europe’s borders have not been compliant with the Refugee Convention. Nor would internal ones.

Boris Johnson’s last affair?

Antara Haldar 17th February 2022

His cardinal sin is to have forgotten the core tenet of the rule of law: those who make the rules are bound by them.

Beyond dystopia

Robert Misik 14th February 2022

To change the pessimistic Zeitgeist, left-wing politics and radical art must renew their alliance, Robert Misik writes.

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