Cut ‘red tape’ — and watch EU workplace deaths rocket
Algorithms which manage platform work are pushing riders to go faster and take more risks to win more work (Photo: European Parliament) With a trip to the United States planned…
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Poland’s ruling party’s attempts to censor LGBTQ+ artists
One Polish artist was charged under Article 196 of the Polish Penal Code for "offending religious feelings" with her LGBTQ-centric art works that challenged the belief system of the Catholic…
Lula’s other problem — not the Amazon, the wetlands
The Pantanal wetland in Brazil is an extraordinary ecosystem of global importance – but 17 million vertebrateswere directly killed by the 2020 blazes (Photo: Environmental Justice Foundation) In 2020, Brazil’s…
The River Oder catastrophe – Poland is about to make it worse
Bridge at Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, spanning the polluted river between Poland (right bank) and Germany (left bank) (Photo: Valentina Pop) One of the most precious rivers in Europe faced a severe environmental…
Where the US-China microchip wars leave the EU
Beijing: intense digital rivalry with Washington for technological dominance (Photo: Tambako the Jaguar) A few weeks ago, the US administration dropped one of the biggest regulatory bombs in the history…
European energy solidarity is both a necessity and an opportunity
Khreshchatyk street Kiev, Ukraine (Photo: Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia Commons) If parts of Europe are cold and hungry while others are able to protect themselves, there will be a political…
Verhofstadt: EU unfit for emerging ‘new Age of Empires’, time to act
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Christian Democracy’s capitulation to far-right is a dangerous mistake
(Photo: © European Union 2022 – Source : EP) Editor’s note: This op-ed is a direct response to an op-ed previously published on EUobserver by European People’s Party (EPP) MEP…
Claiming righteousness but being a hypocrite will not convince voters
Romana Tomc in EP Plenary session, 2020 (Photo: © European Union 20
Invest in Ukraine renewable energy to help solve Europe’s energy crisis
Perovo Solar Park, Crimea (Photo: Activ Solar, Wikimedia) While Vladimir Putin wages a vicious military war against Ukraine, he is also waging an energy war against Europe