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Economy and ecology

Europe’s fiscal rules contradict themselves

For the EU’s fiscal rules to actually guarantee sustainable public finances, they urgently need to be reformed — and allow for more public investment

By Pola Schneemelcher

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Future of social democracy

Beyond dystopia

Even though left-wing parties have recently won elections in Europe, there's no progressive Zeitgeist. That's why we need revolutionary art again

By Robert Misik

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Foreign and security policy

We have an institution to ensure peace in Europe

The OSCE is stifled by a lack of resources and political will. That’s a shame — it could play a decisive role in de-escalating the current crisis

By Mirco Günther

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Erdogan’s economic miscalculations

Turkey’s economic crisis is eroding President Erdogan’s support. One and a half years before the elections, the pressure to revive the economy is high

By Stefan Hibbeler

Reuters

European integration

Can the Dutch hawk turn into a dove?

The new government has shed its ‘frugal’ attitude to fiscal policy. That's less about solidarity with southern Europe than realignment with Germany

By Rem Korteweg

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Turkey's shuttle diplomacy in the Black Sea region

Turkey wants to act as a mediator in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. That's consistent with the inconsistency of Russian-Turkish relations

By Yevgeniya Gaber

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

A knife-edge vote against precariousness

With a wafer-thin majority, Spain’s progressive government has passed the most comprehensive reform of labour law in the history of Spanish democracy

By Bettina Luise Rürup

Reuters

Democracy and society

Boris Johnson: a political career in freefall

The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power. It’s lost that muscle memory

By Paul Mason

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Will the Portuguese Social Democrats remain in power?

Without a clear majority on Sunday's snap elections, the Socialist Democrats will have to prepare for long negotiations to form a government

By Fabian Schmiedel

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Democracy and society

Austria's vaccine mandate is no example to follow

Inconsistent, toothless, politically toxic. Why Austria's new mandatory vaccination law is not a model for other European countries to follow

By Barbara Tóth