Strengthening social cohesion amid the polycrisis
Unconventional policies buttressed a decline in inequality and poverty in the EU. Renewed austerity might endanger it.
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Unconventional policies buttressed a decline in inequality and poverty in the EU. Renewed austerity might endanger it.
Laura de Bonfils, Maria Nyman, Kahina Rabahi and Heather Roy
As the European elections loom, legislation addressing the root causes of poverty must move to the top of the agenda.
In the next term the EU can advance an eco-social future which values participation in care and enables access as a universal basic service.
A Harlem schools programme shows how education can counter, rather than reinforce, brute-luck disadvantage.
The long process of levelling up the capacity of EU member states’ equality bodies is accelerating to a conclusion.
A spotlight on health and social care shows the need for an EU directive on musculo-skeletal disorders.
Tesla’s confrontation with Swedish workers highlights how solidarity must be enabled in a globalised Europe.
The ‘gig’-economy directive, a critical legacy of social rights from this EU term, is being held up by some member states.
Tackling energy poverty is key if the European Green Deal is to be transformative. That in turn requires a gender lens.
Aurelie Jean, Guillaume Sibout, Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
Sharing information accelerates the pace of co-innovation, facilitating inter- and multi-disciplinary research and study.
National measures adopted amid the energy crisis missed the opportunity to pursue social and climate goals.
Even if ambitious 2030 targets were attained, Sofia Fernandes writes, learning mobility would still be a minority privilege.
A job guarantee could end long spells of joblessness for millions in the EU and send a pre-election signal that a ‘social Europe’ is possible.
Achieving the right to disconnect is becoming a test case of the European Union’s commitment to social dialogue.
Unified citizenship education is a must to stop democratic backsliding in the European Union.
As pressures grow on Europe’s hospitals, lessons must be learned from social dialogue during the pandemic.
The latest survey by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights shows racism is pervasive and persistent.
EU member states must not water down critical legislation protecting media independence and pluralism.
Europe’s media need to be more diverse, Ankita Anand writes, to reflect accurately the world on which they report.
The monopoly online retailer has extracted vast rents from workers and citizens who are raising their voices globally.
As in adult long-term care, corporations are accruing rents from publicly funded childcare, exploiting workers and children.