Society

According to the latest European Environment Agency report, a significant proportion of the burden of disease in Europe continues to be attributed to environmental pollution resulting from human activity.

Since the recent nationwide vote on a set of constitutional amendments, Russia has had to live with the prospect of the ‘eternal Putin’. We asked four young Russians what they think about the President’s ‘reset’, the Navalny case and the relationship with Europe.

Arrived from West Africa, Amadou has been offered a place at Sciences Po Paris, the training ground for France political and business elite. But his asylum application was rejected twice, and what should have been a triumphant arrival leaves him at an agonising crossroads. If his final asylum appeal fails, he will not be able to enrol, and lose the chance of a lifetime. This is the second article from a series on young undocumented Europeans at times of Covid-19, in association with Lighthouse Reports and the Guardian.

The jury of the Libex 2020 prize picked the 10 finalists from the 55 cartoons on threats to freedom of expression, including in Europe, which passed the first selection. We present them here.

Threatened on several fronts, Europe needs common institutions that can assert a political power worthy of its economic weight, argues sociologist Alain Caillé, one of the authors of the Second Convivialist Manifesto.