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picture alliance / abaca | Charles Guerin

Future of social democracy

Let them eat cake!

Billionaires shouldn't pay less tax in relative terms than the working class — this is a no-brainer, a political head-nodding issue par excellence

By Sarah Ganter

picture-alliance/ dpa | Dirk Waem

European integration

'Perhaps there would be no war today'

Former EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen on the EU's eastward enlargement, mistakes and a possible accession of Ukraine

By Günter Verheugen

picture alliance / Zoonar | Andrii Yalanskyi

Economy and ecology

Nonsense and bad rules persist in banking

Political forces and misinformation continue to distort policy decisions on new and improved banking regulations — at a high cost to society

By Anat R. Admati

Pexels

European integration

Towards fair European economies

A revision of the EU’s public procurement framework is needed to reflect the interests of the citizens not companies that undermine European policies

By Dennis Radtke, Agnes Jongerius, Sara Matthieu, Nikolaj Villumsen

picture alliance/dpa/TASS | Mikhail Metzel

Foreign and security policy

Peacemaker wanted

Kazakhstan maintains good relations with Russia and Ukraine. The country would be perfectly suited to mediate negotiations and end bloodshed

By Alexandra Sitenko

picture alliance / imageBROKER | Firn

Democracy and society

The Berlin Blob

German foreign policy elites reject the idea that they are cut off from the public — making the danger of groupthink acute

By Hans Kundnani

picture alliance / Zoonar | Oleksandr Latkun

Democracy and society

The case for a radical, liberal left

The democratic left should rely on the power of the word — the power of quiet reflection but also of dialogue, including arguing and listening

By Robert Misik

DPA picture alliance/ AP Photo | Tsafrir Abayo

Interviews

‘Iran still does not want a total escalation’

Ralf Melzer on Tehran’s attack on Israel, a possible Israeli response and the threat posed by Hezbollah