Social Rights

As Europe’s population ages, balancing social rights with a viable pension system is becoming increasingly challenging yet urgent.

Europe’s far-right is using children in its discourse to demonise environmentalists and gender activists. How can we challenge its rhetoric?

Elżbieta Korolczuk explains why gender is so central to right-wing discourse and why a feminist response must transcend the lines of polarisation.

Austrian Greens are reforming the country’s welfare system to meet the needs of a broader demographic.

In the face of unaffordable rents, Manuel Gabarre de Sus looks at how cities around Europe can ensure the right to housing.

Faced with looming mine closures and layoffs in aviation, Poland’s regions need to rethink their industrial strategy to secure their future.

Human rights and neoliberalism both rose to prominence in the last decades of the 20th century, but what is the relationship between the two?

From climate change to robotisation, the challenges of the 21st century call for a new model of democracy. Dirk Holemans explores what a new social contract might look like.

Over a year after the EU “proclaimed” a series of social rights, little has been done and the initiative risks becoming an empty promise.

Donald Trump’s trade wars have triggered a long-overdue discussion on the downsides of international trade. What is the green response?