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Maria João Rodrigues
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Turkey’s challenges and choices on its 100th anniversary
Kader Sevinç
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Slovak 2023 elections: political economy of hope
Radovan Geist
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Sex and the City – a progressive perspective
Kata Tüttő
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Lampedusa tragedy: 10 years later nothing has changed
Pietro Bartolo
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Clear head and nerves of steel – the dilemma of reforming our fiscal rules
Miguel Costa Matos
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Upcoming national elections in the Netherlands: the case for Social Democrats and Greens joining forces
Jan Marinus Wiersma
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India’s G20 leadership: navigating a divided world and bridging the gap
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

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The European Parliament has recently started to discuss the Nature Restoration Law, which aims to restore the EU's ecosystems. If and when adopted, this legislation will represent a welcomed step forward for the protection of the environment and the fight against climate change. But the way to recognise the importance of biodiversity not only as a good in itself but also for the very existence of humankind is still long and tortuous. It requires a paradigm change in the mostly utilitarian relation humans have with nature. This topic is at the core of the Special Coverage of this new issue of the Progressive Post, Nature and us: why biodiversity matters.

In the Focus Regulating AI: a technological as well as a political feat, we discuss the risks of unregulated artificial intelligence, the tools to protect workers and citizens and the importance of the AI Act, recently approved by the EP, the first-ever attempt to regulate AI globally. The first Dossier, dedicated to Migration: moving away from containment,explores the shortcomings of the EU's approach to migration and asylum management. Finally, in the Dossier Increasing social investment to fight Roma exclusion, the authors argue that the EU's current ethnically-focused Roma policy risks to backfire.

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Progressive cities in Europe: inclusive and sustainable
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The need for a sustainable and inclusive future is felt everywhere, especially at the grassroots level – and that, oftentimes, means at the level of the cities and towns where people actually live. In Europe, it's the progressives-led cities and towns that are at the forefront of making that inclusive and sustainable change happen in real-time. […]
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EU fiscal rules: more democracy and ambition!
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The reform of the EU fiscal rules will dominate the Brussels agenda until the end of this year. The Commission proposal is a significant improvement compared to the original framework, but is not ambitious enough in terms of enabling the green and social transition. It does not have explicit room for green investment nor a link […]
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Regulating AI: a technological as well as a political feat
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Ever since Chat GTP became mainstream, the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been hotly debated in the media, politics and academia. The call to regulate its development has been growing stronger, even from the leading developers of AI themselves. The fear that an unchecked arms race in AI development could wreak havoc on society is […]
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Nature and us: why biodiversity matters
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Today, the world celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity. Humans need healthy and vibrant ecosystems for their own survival. They need food, water and clean air. But because of our destructive, utilitarian and exploitative attitude towards nature, we represent the biggest threat to biodiversity conservation. It is not just about preventing the extinction of some […]

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Two Turkeys and the opposition at a crossroads
The Turkish election results mean continuity in domestic and foreign policy with a tendency to more authoritarianism at home and an eastward-looking foreign policy. For the opposition, the cards are being reshuffled and it seems that for now, the time of more liberal experiments is over. The result of the second round in the presidential […]
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Clear head and nerves of steel – the dilemma of reforming our fiscal rules
As fears of a recession make fiscal policy ever more relevant, we need to discuss reforming economic governance rules. Many of the Commission’s good intentions fail to achieve what they set out, leaving us with a fiscal architecture that is pro-cyclical and unreliable, hindering the green and digital transitions and economic growth. After three years […]
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Despite the unprecedented Israeli-Palestinian crisis, new opportunities for peace emerge
More than a month since the deadly Hamas terror attack on Israel on 7 October, Israelis are processing the horrors, working to bring home more than 200 hostages, mobilising in mass numbers to support those in need, wishing for the safe return of soldiers and reservists, and yearning for a leader who can take responsibility, […]
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Sex and the City – a progressive perspective
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