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    Is happiness more important than economic growth?

    Europe is one of the happiest places on Earth. Half of the top 10 happiest countries in the world (and just…

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    Should water, gas, and electricity utilities be nationalised?

    Should basic services such as water, gas, and electricity utilities be governed by the free market? Or should they be considered…

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    What should European democracy look like?

    Has the time come for the EU to embrace new forms of democracy? The EU’s deliberative democracy experiment, embodied by…

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    Is Europe’s economy built on poor quality jobs?

    The EU is working on new rules to regulate the ‘gig economy’. The years since the 2008 financial crisis have…

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    Should we give every homeless person a home?

    In 2007, Finland adopted a “Housing First” policy. This approach, building on efforts Finland has adopted since the 1980s, uses…

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    Should billionaires exist?

    How much money does one person really need? There’s clearly a minimum survivable income (enough to pay for food, a roof…

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    Are transparency and democracy the best ways to fight corruption?

    What is corruption? Transparency International defines corruption as the “abuse of entrusted power for private gain”. This doesn’t just mean…

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    Does ageing Europe need more young migrants?

    In 2020, more than one fifth of the EU population were 65 or older. The share of people in the…

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    Should Covid-19 vaccination be mandatory?

    From 1 February 2022, being vaccinated against the coronavirus will be mandatory in Austria. Other European countries are introducing similar…

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