After the pandemic: Why Europe must restore its economic and social safety margins
A pandemic is reminding us that we often distribute rewards in our society in inverse proportion to real social usefulness.
A pandemic is reminding us that we often distribute rewards in our society in inverse proportion to real social usefulness.
After the crisis, the EU will face the same geopolitical problems it did before. But, this time, it might need to tackle them with less internal solidarity and external credibility.
Although the covid-19 pandemic has been compared to the 2008 financial crisis, the two episodes are quite different, not least in their cast of leading characters. Unlike the previous generation, today’s European leaders have been shaped by a decade of austerity, refugee crises, and America's denouement as a global hegemon
European governments can only defend their citizens effectively if they cooperate at a European level and reinforce multilateral structures based on openness and information sharing
The internet fundamentally tests the ways in which governments approach regulation
The Serbian president has exploited the EU’s internal divisions to insult the bloc and legitimise his policies, as well as his courtship of authoritarian partners.
Even as it comes under intense pressure during the current crisis, the EU should not fail the most vulnerable displaced persons.
Trump’s bid for CureVac should spur Europeans to strengthen their investment screening rules – and signal to China and the US that unwanted takeovers will cost them
For those who genuinely want to rescue and strengthen the EU, it would be dangerous to conclude that they must reinvent it
German decision-makers must now bear in mind not only their country’s well-being but also that of the entire EU