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France’s Student Revolt Exposes a State That Cannot Provide but Can Police
Over 5,000 arrests in three weeks reveal a republic quicker to discipline teenagers than to teach them.
Europe Must Turn Its Green Transition Into Green Power
Europe imported 57 per cent of its energy in 2024, and Hormuz has just sent the bill.
Workers Are Not Europe’s Cost Problem
Profits have grown almost twice as fast as pay since 2000, yet workers are told to work longer.
Voters Want AI Regulated for Jobs, Not Just Safety
From Italy to Britain, six in ten citizens or more want an independent authority to police AI.
Europe’s Restraint Makes Trump’s Tariffs Pay
Tariff revenue is bankrolling American tax cuts, and Europe is quietly footing the bill.
AI Now Scores Every Call, and Workers Cannot See the Rules
Union reps say AI sentiment scores can swing variable pay by up to 40 per cent.
Narrow Metrics Teach AI Agents to Cheat, Hack, and Flatter
OpenAI’s agents breached Hugging Face because peers were doing it, a flaw rooted in how labs train models.
Who benefits from AI depends on how it is governed
Technological breakthroughs do not automatically deliver shared prosperity. As AI transforms our economies and societies, the institutions we build today will help determine whether its gains are widely shared.
Platform Work in Italy Has Become a Trap for the Vulnerable
The most precarious group grew from two to 54 per cent of Italy’s platform workforce in three years.
Europe Already Has a Weapon to Shield the ICC From Trump
Washington has sanctioned nine of the court’s 18 judges and now threatens the institution itself, yet Brussels hesitates.
Climate Plans Need Workers, Not Just Disclosure
Twelve thousand Duisburg steelworkers marched for green steel: employee voice can accelerate transition rather than block it.
Europe’s AI Divide Is Already an Enlargement Problem
Nearly 96 per cent of Montenegro’s businesses are micro enterprises, and Europe’s AI evidence base barely sees them.
Austria’s Headscarf Ban Shows What Happens When Law Replaces Integration
Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.
Mirafiori’s Restart Exposes the Blind Spot in Europe’s Industrial Policy
Five years among the men at Turin's factory wall reveal what 44 million furlough hours conceal.
Iceland Needs the EU as a Political Project, Not a Market
Trump's new map swallows Iceland, yet Icelanders have just voted against reopening membership talks with Brussels.
Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
Europe Cannot Defend Its Values by Teaching Them
Hizb ut-Tahrir's founder called Western values purely utilitarian; Europe's institutions are struggling to prove him wrong.
EU Trade Deals Must Uphold The Due Diligence Rules Europe Passed
Only four EU trade agreements since 2022 allow any sanction for breaking labour and climate commitments.
Nobody Will Pull The Trigger When Humanity Loses Control Of AI
Around 1,200 OpenAI agents built themselves a messaging system, and every step towards it was individually rational.
Nativism Does Not Need Migrants — Or A Fixed Nation
In El Ejido a third of residents are foreign, and Vox still more than doubled its regional score.
The Hugging Face Incident and the Future of Work
The agents hacked a global platform to hide their cheating from a scorer that did not exist.
Public Money Must Come With Public Obligations for Europe’s Industry
Steel and chemical plants cannot wait 10 years for cheap power, and the Industrial Accelerator Act needs teeth.
Europe’s Circular Economy Act Will Fail Without Workers at Its Heart
Two union leaders warn that waste, repair and recycling jobs risk becoming Europe's next low-pay, high-hazard market.
Europe’s €2 Trillion Budget Buys Less Investment, Not More
Once NextGenerationEU expires, the EU's real fiscal capacity falls, leaving a €300 billion annual investment gap.
People Want Economic Change but Have Stopped Trusting Governments to Deliver It
While two-thirds say that democracy is the best way to govern, four in ten say a strong leader would serve their country better.
Fair Labour Mobility Must Mean Fair for Workers
Some 950,000 Europeans move to another member state each year, and many land in jobs beneath their qualifications.