Social rights in Europe—in need of a new impulse?
The backdrop to the European Social Charter is the historical relationship between peace and social justice.
The European visa system—a barrier to ideas exchange
Visa rules need an overhaul to facilitate global co-operation in a runaway world, Ankita Anand writes.
Will states support corporate capture of the future?
The United Nations Summit of the Future risks missing opportunities to give value to public goods.
European Social Charter: more relevant than ever
The European Social Charter has often been the poor relation of the European Convention on Human Rights. That may be changing.
Cleaners come out from the shadows to mobilise
After the European Parliament elections, cleaners’ fight for justice goes into the next round.
Europe: world leader in eroding workers’ rights
Workers’ rights, fundamental to democracy, are under attack across the world—nowhere more so than in Europe.
EPOCH-making?—the tool to end homelessness
The European Union is committed to ending homelessness by 2030. It will come down to political will.
Reinvigorating the European Social Charter
Council of Europe member states need to enhance their commitments to social and economic rights.
Homecare and domestic workers deserve better
A survey shows an alarming malaise in a sector heavily dominated by women and migrant workers.
Social dialogue: urgent to turn words into deeds
EU instruments encouraging social dialogue and collective bargaining are very valuable—but not if employers can walk away.
Playing games with children’s health
Rejecting bans on particularly hazardous chemicals, EU ministers have sought to dilute revised legislation on toy safety.
The European Investment Bank’s roadmap … to 2008
The EIB proposes that housing renovation and energy efficiency be financed via ‘securitised’ loans.
Longing of the new working class for a solidary ‘we’
A German study finds the new working class lacking in class consciousness yet strongly aware of social inequalities.
Femicide: why a specific crime is needed
Many countries are making the killing of women a specific crime. But laws are not enough.
Workers’ rights—a casualty of the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s trade union movement—and the lives of workers.
How to close the gender wage gap
Iceland owes its progress in narrowing the gender wage gap to a decades-long equal-rights movement and public policies.
Delivering on social protection for all
Despite the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection remains patchy for atypical and self-employed workers.
Housing crisis: Europe cannot afford it
Housing may not be an EU competence but the growing affordability crisis across the union demands attention.
Persons with disabilities: removing the barriers
As the European Parliament election looms, it’s time for action on disability policies, not pity.
Not done yet—applying the minimum-wages directive
The directive has already changed the landscape on setting minimum wages and extending collective bargaining.
Violence against women: ‘tradition’ confronts Europe
The European Commission recently proposed that EU accession negotiations be opened with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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