Social Security

Designed to increase workers’ insecurity and enrich private funds, France’s disputed pension reform is part of a global trend towards financialisation. To push back, states need to rethink their role in the digital era.

A look at basic income’s enduring merits through the eyes of one of its ardent advocates, Malcolm Torry.

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

László Andor talks to us about social Europe, his idea of a European unemployment insurance scheme & whether the EU institutions are neoliberal.

The sense of security in a society is closely bound up with its institutions; the cases of the Nordic countries demonstrate that these feelings of security can be enhanced by fostering inclusive institutions.

Why is the spectre of social (in)security haunting Europe despite it being richer than ever before?

Editorial: In a Europe with a changing political landscape, the future of the Union– and incidentally that of the Greens in 2019 – will be largely played out over the question of security.