The Ukraine crisis has shown not only that unlimited trade is impossible but also that it needs to be regulated by values.
COP15: negotiations must come out of the shadows
Biodiversity receives less attention than climate, although the collapse of the planet’s biomass is as worrying as climate change.
The uneven battlefield of reproductive rights
Progressives have been too slow to appreciate the attack on reproductive rights in eastern Europe and the US.
Ukraine is no reason to invest in gas
The EIB must resist pressure to finance liquefied-natural-gas projects and champion zero-carbon public transport instead.
Sweden’s schools: Milton Friedman’s wet dream
Lisa Pelling explains how ‘freedom of choice’ has wrought a vicious circle of inequality and underperformance.
Access to justice in the ‘Fit for 55’ package
Implementing the ‘Fit for 55’ package depends on citizens and NGOs being able to hold governments to account.
Reconstruction: time for transformative ideas
Deep structural crises need tackling.
The new French left—the sociology of socialism
The realignment on the French left highlights the basic requirement that the left unite the working and professional classes.
For a democratic, egalitarian and feminist constitution
Chile’s constitutional convention is an example of how citizens’ representatives can refound a contemporary democracy.
The recovery will be green and feminist or it won’t be
Chile’s new constitution could be the first to embody egalitarian and ecological principles.
Deinstitutionalisation, disability and delay
After a decade of inertia, the EU has made little progress on the deinstitutionalisation of disabled people.
Europe’s future hangs in the balance
Europe Day should be a day of celebration. Today it is an affirmation of resolve.
Return to positive interest rates requires a safety net
Peter Bofinger explains how inflation in the eurozone can be tempered without jeopardising recovery.
The long shadow of market fundamentalism
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
The coming world order
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.