The ECB’s Costly Illusion: Rate Hikes That Do Not Reach Inflation
Central banks are again poised to raise rates against an oil-shock inflation — and again the costs will dwarf the effects.
Politics
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Europe’s Climate Policies Keep Missing the People Who Need Them Most
Adaptation schemes built for the informed and well-off keep failing those most exposed to climate shocks.
Labour’s Coalition Has Shattered, and Starmer Needs A Theory to Rebuild It
Labour bleeds four voters to the left for every one it loses to Reform — and cannot explain why.
Habermas’s Gaza Misjudgment Does Not Doom His Legacy
His reflexive defence of Israel contradicts the universal principles his life’s work was built to uphold.
Omnibus to Nowhere: The Quiet Dismantling of European Governance
A single code word — "Omnibus" — now drives the most sweeping rewrite of European law in the Union's history.
Europe’s €2 Trillion Lever: Public Procurement Can Tame Big Tech
Europe spends €2 trillion a year buying goods and services; treating that money as mere book-keeping squanders a decisive democratic lever.
The Global South Cannot Afford to Quit Fossil Fuels
Renewables have won the cost argument, yet poorer nations still pay a steep premium to deploy them.
Leveraging the EU Single Market to escape the Trump Trap
Leveraging the EU Single Market to escape the Trump Trap
The Right’s Pragmatism Is Just Another Ideology in Disguise
Conservatives who deride "isms" are not transcending ideology — they are smuggling theirs in unexamined.
Austerity Erodes The Governments That Impose It
Austerity packages reduce approval, drive protests, and raise the odds of a government crisis — especially in downturns.
A Post-American Europe Must Build Its Own Power
As Washington turns transactional and Beijing rises, Europe must convert its economic weight into genuine strategic power.
Sociology Is Surrendering Its Public Voice to Philosophy
As modernity falters, sociology cannot diagnose the society it once helped define — and philosophy has taken its place.
No Procedure Can Manufacture a European Demos
Across federalist, fiscal and deliberative proposals, Europe's reformers keep deferring the one question integration cannot bypass.
Targeted Infrastructure Spending Slows AfD Gains In Germany’s Industrial Heartlands
Targeted infrastructure spending dampens AfD vote growth in Germany's transition-pressured regions, but innovation funding still bypasses them.
The Forty-Year Gap Between Europe’s Equality Law And Its Practice
European law forces 40 per cent gender balance on listed boardrooms but exempts the cabinets that actually wield public power.
Deregulation Will Make Europe Poorer, Not Stronger
Three former European Commissioners warn that scrapping social protections in pursuit of competitiveness will leave the Union weaker, not stronger.
Declining Dollar Dominance: Potential Euro Gains
Without large-scale joint debt and deeper safe-asset markets, the euro cannot capitalise on Trump's assault on dollar credibility.