Minorities

As conspiracy theories and misinformation gain legitimacy in public discourse and spread online, activists in Bulgaria come under fire.

Torrential online abuse is reproducing structural inequalities and weakening democracy.

Abusive regimes are responsible for their own behaviour. But other states are also responsible if they stand by and fail to speak out.

The Green Deal needs a nuanced approach which recognises the historical roots of today’s inequalities.

Belgian federalism and European federalism have reached the end of an epoch. Both have to be reinvented. To achieve this we must start from our shared interests and recognise the interdependence that links us. Environmentalists who have always been passionate federalists have to be the motors of this reinvention.

Inequality helped set in motion a downward spiral that resulted in the global financial crisis. Today, that inequality has finally been acknowledged as a central problem, and addressing it successfully can help us to not only overcome the crisis but to move to a more sustainable society.

The UK has been a leader among EU member states in the promotion of equality of opportunity, with far-reaching duties in place in some regions since 1998. In practice, the jury is still out on whether the equal opportunities legislation has a real impact on the protected groups or simply creates one more administrative hurdle for policymakers.