Economy and ecology | 05.01.2022 Breathing in new life into the European fiscal monster Covid-19 has shown how European fiscal rules are based on outdated economic assumptions. These need to be reworked
Europe | 06.04.2020 Not all eurobonds are the same To dispel fears of potential state-to-state transfers, eurobonds could be guaranteed by an annual ‘citizenship contribution’
Amid nothing going right, Austrians lean far-left By focusing on former non-voters, the Communist Party has gained considerably in recent elections. The Social Democrats should draw their lessons
The cost of freedom When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democratic
Til politics do us part A decade after civil unions, Italy still doesn’t allow same-sex marriage — a sign of a political system unable to keep pace with its own society