Europe’s Circular Economy Act Will Fail Without Workers at Its Heart
Two union leaders warn that waste, repair and recycling jobs risk becoming Europe's next low-pay, high-hazard market.
Europe’s €2 Trillion Budget Buys Less Investment, Not More
Once NextGenerationEU expires, the EU's real fiscal capacity falls, leaving a €300 billion annual investment gap.
People Want Economic Change but Have Stopped Trusting Governments to Deliver It
While two-thirds say that democracy is the best way to govern, four in ten say a strong leader would serve their country better.
Fair Labour Mobility Must Mean Fair for Workers
Some 950,000 Europeans move to another member state each year, and many land in jobs beneath their qualifications.
Services Now Outpace Manufacturing as the Engine of Development
In India, a worker who leaves the factory floor for services now adds more to national income.
Orbán’s Propaganda Machine Lost Because Fidesz Believed Its Own Story
Fear of war among Hungarians fell from 46 to 29 per cent as Peter Magyar reframed the election.
Europe’s AI Revolution Runs on Public Infrastructure
One planned German data centre will draw as much electricity as 600,000 households and employ around 120 people.
Europeans Are More Pragmatic About AI Than Their Prophets
Half of Americans say AI already harms society, against just 35 per cent across continental Europe.
California Rewrites the Welfare State While Europe Looks Away
Trump and Sanders now converge on sovereign funds holding corporate shares, scrambling familiar ideological lines.
Tesla Outlasted the World’s Strongest Union Movement
After 1,027 days, severance deals with confidentiality clauses emptied the picket line at Sweden's Tesla workshops.
Europe Promised to Protect Its Nurses From Hazardous Drugs and Has Not Delivered
Only two per cent of surveyed nurses have been tested for the hazardous drugs they handle at work.
Fascism Does Not Begin With Murder but With the Pleasure of Imagining It
Leo Löwenthal warned that far-right agitation turns psychoanalysis on its head, making followers paranoid rather than healing them.
Europe Needs a Plan for Russia After Putin
With 450,000 Russian dead and negotiation impossible, Europe's only real leverage is patience backed by power.
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Must Speak to Workers, Not CEOs
Europe spends €2 trillion a year on public contracts, most awarded to the lowest bidder, fuelling precarious work.
Isaiah Berlin’s Negative Liberty Now Fetters Progressive Politics
Two decades of bold reform followed the 1970s crisis; since 2008, next to none. Blame an idea.
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