Society

The media storm in Britain around a television personality speaks volumes about why the UK has become a dysfunctional state.

The European mental-health strategy should recognise the burdens women face—and the role of culture in lightening them.

Gender inequality exacerbates the impact of natural disasters, whose consequences compound it.

Learning to learn must be embedded in working life, Sofia Fernandes writes, if the EU is to meet social and economic goals.

Training the workforce is central to attracting and retaining staff in quality social care.

Rapid deployment of vaccines is the key lesson being taken from the Covid-19 pandemic. It should not be the only one.

The European Commission remains ambivalent on involvement of the social partners in political decision-making.

Transport of goods is the new slave-producing machine in Europe—a powerful tool for social dumping.

Acccording to the 2023 Contraception Policy Atlas, access to birth control in parts of Europe is worsening.

There is more clarity about hazardous medicinal products but awareness still needs to be raised to protect workers.

As a high-level group on social protection and welfare reports, Belgium’s social-affairs minister advances the next EU social agenda.

A Spanish decree to provide more security for artists and other cultural workers should accelerate EU-level action.

Advancing gender equality in the EU depends on strong equality bodies in the member states.

This week the European Commission will publish a proposal to revivify social dialogue. It must be more than words.

Digitalisation is not technologically determined but socially shaped—including by new forms of collective action.