Ukrainian women in Poland—an insecure sanctuary
Poland’s welcome doesn’t mitigate the upheaval and labour gaps facing refugees.
politics, economy and employment & labour
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Poland’s welcome doesn’t mitigate the upheaval and labour gaps facing refugees.
Social services must be central if the Child Guarantee is to deliver for vulnerable children.
The cost-of-living crisis, Kate Pickett writes, follows a familiar path of hugely unequal burdens.
The European Care Strategy is a step in the right direction but care workers need more.
Like physical clouds, the services provided by the technology majors are utterly opaque.
Adoption of strategies on deinstitutionalisation could reinvigorate a stalled process in Europe.
The world needs a pandemic preparedness and response strategy built on equitable and representative decision-making.
Why have teams from central and eastern Europe again been absentees?
As core democratic institutions, trade unions have had to learn hard lessons on defeating authoritarianism.
Poland has opened its border with Ukraine to war refugees. Not so at another border, with Belarus.
Peter Bofinger argues that state guarantees of loans to households could cushion the price shock at negligible cost.
Is the European Commission complying with the UN convention on disability vis-à-vis funding institutions from the EU budget?
Easements of the impact of inflation will still leave the poorest losing ground. Positive pro-poor policies are needed.
The establishment of a Roma foundation provides an opportunity for a deep dialogue on the route from marginalisation to inclusion.
The only answer to energy price inflation is to reduce energy needs and dependence on fossil fuels, prioritising those on low incomes.
Mobile EU citizens can fall through national safety nets.
Trafficking linked to the Ukraine exodus underscores the need to tackle this scourge—and for a unified EU response.
Say it quietly but adversity is bringing Europe together.
Kate Pickett explains how to turn the vicious circle of inequality and social mistrust into a virtuous one.
Reviving the postwar spirit of egalitarianism is an economic and social imperative.
The Conference on the Future of Europe failed to address persons with disabilities.
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