Debates - Page 6 of 189 - Debating Europe

Quality

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…

Future

Do referendums undermine representative democracy?

Politicians are not delegates. They are not elected in order to uncritically relay the ‘will of the people’. They are elected…

Future

Are inheritance taxes unfair?

People like the myth of the ‘self-made’ man or woman. Donald Trump, for example, appeals to his followers as an ordinary…

Quality

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…

Quality

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…

Greener

How can households help tackle the energy and climate crisis?

The energy price hike, which started even before the war, highlights the importance of how we use energy. 75% of…

Quality

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…

Quality

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…

Future

Would a ‘European FBI’ help prevent terror attacks?

In the 1930s, Bonnie and Clyde seemed unstoppable. Their gang was infamous for a series of brazen bank robberies, zig-zagging…

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