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'Hello, I'm your father, I return to work'

Montserrat Mir Roca on work-life balance, gender equality and the future of work in Europe

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A left-wing success story

Unlike in the rest of Europe, the far-right doesn't stand a chance in Portugal. That's also because of its left-wing government

By Reinhard Naumann

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Not all AI is alike

Some alarmists claim that Europe is losing the AI race to the US and China. That's not only dangerous, but just plain wrong

By Virginia Dignum

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What are central banks for?

10 years after the financial crisis, the eurozone remains mired in unemployment. We need a new approach to central banking

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I'm taking Friday off – permanently

It’s time to evenly share the benefits of automation. That's why trade unions are calling for a four-day week

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Capitalism and democracy: what if we have it backwards?

It's fashionable on the left to suggest that capitalism and democracy are now incompatible. But maybe the opposite is true

By Sheri Berman

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We need a European Republic

Equal electoral law, equal tax law, equal social benefits: the only way to secure Europe’s future is institutionalised solidarity

By Ulrike Guérot

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Gender deniers, feminist foreign policy and the myth of strongmen

Friends of Europe's Shada Islam on the need to fight back against the erosion of women’s rights in Europe and beyond

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Keep politics out of Europe’s competition decisions

The Franco-German proposal to rewrite EU merger rules may seem tempting, but it's the wrong approach to industrial policy

By Patrick Rey and Jean Tirole

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Time for a red shift from Germany’s ‘black zero’

For a decade, there has been cross-party support for the balanced-budget rule. Time to break with it and invest in the future

By Peter Bofinger