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The EU's next budget threatens to slash climate transition funds for military spending. But Europe's gravest security threats already strike inside our borders — killing 62,000 citizens last year alone.
Bold investment in social innovation is essential if Europe wants to tackle twenty-first-century challenges beyond market and state solutions.
The EU abolished physical borders decades ago, yet digital walls fragment the continent more than ever before.
Europe's mental health crisis demands urgent action on social conditions, not just healthcare services.
The EU must abandon insularity and embrace global partnerships in futures governance to secure its place in a rapidly changing world.
Despite EU commitments to equality, children at risk of poverty remain severely underrepresented in early childhood education programs.
European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.
Extreme wealth concentration across the EU undermines opportunity and security for millions while property ownership becomes increasingly unattainable.
When rural schools experiment with artificial intelligence, they reveal whether technology serves the many or the few.
A prominent economist's attack on an entire generation ignores economic facts and threatens social cohesion.
Inequality fuels crisis — for people, planet, democracy and the next generation. It’s time to act.
The European Union must urgently address AI's profound impact on employment, income, and social cohesion.
Real democracy thrives on disagreement—unity without conflict often masks power and silences necessary political struggle.
Governments worldwide are dramatically reshaping higher education, challenging long-held models and academic autonomy.
As extremists exploit democracy’s freedoms, should constitutions strike back—or always leave judgment to the ballot box?