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Democracy and society

A full-scale attack on Ukraine’s labour rights

The war cannot be used to justify stripping workers of their rights. Decent labour conditions must be the cornerstone for national security in wartime

By Georgii Sandul

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Foreign and security policy

Sleepwalking into escalation

Delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine takes the war to a new level. Trying to look past the fog of war can help to predict how things might play out

By Helmut W. Ganser

Reuters/ David W Cerny

Democracy and society

An ex-General wins the Czech presidential election

Petr Pavel is the new President of the Czech Republic, bringing one of the dirtiest election campaigns in the country’s history to an end

By Urban Überschär

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Work and digitalisation

French workers are fed up

The massive protests over Macron’s pension reforms reflect the feeling of frustration and injustice that has spread throughout French working society

By Benjamin Schreiber

Reuters/Henry Nicholls

Work and digitalisation

Behind Britain’s strike wave

There is no way out of a skills crisis this big other than through institutional changes. But the Tories don't have the time or appetite for that

By Paul Mason

Reuters/Jean-Marc Barrere/Hans Lucas

Work and digitalisation

Platform workers need stronger legal protection

2023 can become an important year for the platform economy. A strong directive might be decided, finally improving conditions for workers

By Oliver Philipp

Reuters/Oleksandr Ratushniak

Foreign and security policy

No peace without a military victory

Real negotiations will only begin again when both Russia and Ukraine conclude that there is more to be gained from a truce than from fighting on

By Jana Puglierin

Reuters

European integration

On the European path

After a decade-long wait, Bosnia and Herzegovina has received EU candidate status. But to become a member, there is still much work to be done

By Denis Bećirović

Reuters/Toby Melville

Economy and ecology

British workers continue to strike for fair pay

In what remains the world’s sixth largest economy, UK workers deserve a fair share of the wealth their labour creates

By Paul Nowak

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Democracy and society

Today’s far right and the echoes from history

Regardless of whether fascism is the correct term to apply to the current threat of the extreme right, playing it down would be a much greater mistake

By Robert Misik