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European integration

Behind Europe’s ‘iron wage curtain’

In Czechia, half of the population doesn’t earn enough to live a decent life. The EU’s current proposals for a European minimum wage won’t change that

By Katerina Smejkalova

Reuters

European integration

Beware the low-hanging fruit

Recent proposals for ECB debt cancellation create a dangerous illusion, namely that a small technocratic fix can solve a massive political problem

By Benjamin Lemoine, Éric Monnet, Benjamin Braun

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Entrepreneurial innovation made Covid-19 vaccines possible

Compulsory licences are supposed to help prevent vaccine shortages. But that may jeopardise our ability to respond to future pandemics through scientific innovation

By Jan Schnellenbach

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Can we change the climate on climate change?

Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel vividly imagines the climate apocalypse. But it's also a hopeful and visionary account of how to stop it

By Karin Pettersson

Reuters

European integration

The EU's bad Friday announcement

The EU-UK vaccine row has repoliticised the Northern Ireland Protocol and damaged the prospects for its smooth implementation

By David Phinnemore

Reuters

Future of social democracy

What we learned from the 2021 Catalan elections

Amid a resurgence of the Socialists, pro-independence parties maintained their majority in the Catalan parliament

By Jonathan Parker

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Who represents the British working class?

At the last UK election, many 'red wall' Labour seats went to the Tories. But the new Conservative coalition is more volatile than it may seem

By Paula Surridge

Reuters

Democracy and society

Lukashenko’s fake exercise in democracy

After the ‘All-Belarusian People’s Assembly’ serious reform remains unlikely. But the democracy movement won’t disappear

By Christopher Forst

Reuters

Future of social democracy

The EU is about to make Facebook even worse

Big Tech media platforms are dangerous. But the EU's proposed competition laws won’t fix it — and could make it worse

By Steven Hill

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Portugal is not immune to right-wing populism after all

The Portuguese right-wing populist Chega is making inroads into Communist strongholds — with revisionist positions on racism and colonialism

By Tilo Wagner