diff --git a/frontend/src/components/base/BasePagination.vue b/frontend/src/components/base/BasePagination.vue
index 6d7684af3..f253b89ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/base/BasePagination.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/base/BasePagination.vue
@@ -82,22 +82,171 @@ const pages = computed(() => createPagination(props.totalPages, props.currentPag
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>
+// Rules ported from bulma-css-variables/sass/components/pagination.sass.
+// Slot content (.pagination-previous, .pagination-next, .pagination-link) is
+// rendered by Pagination.vue / PaginationEmit.vue, so scoped attributes don't
+// reach them — we use :deep() to style across the slot boundary.
+
 .pagination {
+	align-items: center;
+	display: flex;
+	font-size: $size-normal;
+	justify-content: center;
+	margin: -0.25rem;
 	padding-block-end: 1rem;
+	text-align: center;
 }
 
-.pagination-previous,
-.pagination-next {
+.pagination-list {
+	align-items: center;
+	display: flex;
+	flex-wrap: wrap;
+	justify-content: center;
+	text-align: center;
+
+	&, & li {
+		margin-block-start: 0;
+	}
+
+	li {
+		list-style: none;
+	}
+}
+
+:deep(.pagination-previous),
+:deep(.pagination-next),
+:deep(.pagination-link),
+.pagination-ellipsis {
+	appearance: none;
+	align-items: center;
+	border: 1px solid transparent;
+	border-radius: $radius;
+	box-shadow: none;
+	display: inline-flex;
+	font-size: 1em;
+	block-size: 2.5em;
+	justify-content: center;
+	line-height: 1.5;
+	margin: 0.25rem;
+	padding: calc(0.5em - 1px) 0.5em;
+	position: relative;
+	text-align: center;
+	vertical-align: top;
+
+	-webkit-touch-callout: none;
+	user-select: none;
+
+	&:focus,
+	&:active {
+		outline: none;
+	}
+
+	&[disabled],
+	fieldset[disabled] & {
+		cursor: not-allowed;
+	}
+}
+
+:deep(.pagination-previous),
+:deep(.pagination-next),
+:deep(.pagination-link) {
+	border-color: var(--border);
+	color: var(--text-strong);
+	min-inline-size: 2.5em;
+
+	&:hover {
+		border-color: var(--link-hover-border);
+		color: var(--link-hover);
+	}
+
+	&:focus {
+		border-color: var(--link-focus-border);
+	}
+
+	&:active {
+		box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba($scheme-invert, 0.2);
+	}
+
+	&[disabled] {
+		background-color: var(--border);
+		border-color: var(--border);
+		box-shadow: none;
+		color: var(--text-light);
+		opacity: 0.5;
+	}
+}
+
+:deep(.pagination-previous),
+:deep(.pagination-next) {
+	padding-inline: 0.75em;
+	white-space: nowrap;
+
 	&:not(:disabled):hover {
 		background: $scheme-main;
 		cursor: pointer;
 	}
 }
 
-.pagination-list {
-	&, & li {
-		margin-block-start: 0;
+:deep(.pagination-link.is-current) {
+	background-color: var(--link);
+	border-color: var(--link);
+	color: var(--link-invert);
+}
+
+.pagination-ellipsis {
+	color: var(--grey-light);
+	pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: $tablet - 1px) {
+	.pagination {
+		flex-wrap: wrap;
+	}
+
+	:deep(.pagination-previous),
+	:deep(.pagination-next) {
+		flex-grow: 1;
+		flex-shrink: 1;
+	}
+
+	.pagination-list li {
+		flex-grow: 1;
+		flex-shrink: 1;
+	}
+}
+
+@media screen and (min-width: $tablet), print {
+	.pagination-list {
+		flex-grow: 1;
+		flex-shrink: 1;
+	}
+
+	:deep(.pagination-previous),
+	:deep(.pagination-next),
+	:deep(.pagination-link),
+	.pagination-ellipsis {
+		margin-block: 0;
+	}
+
+	.pagination {
+		margin-block: 0;
+
+		&.is-centered {
+			.pagination-list {
+				justify-content: center;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 </style>
-  
+
+<style lang="scss">
+// Unscoped: this rule relies on ancestors (.app-container.has-background /
+// .link-share-container.has-background) that live outside BasePagination.
+// Previously lived in styles/theme/background.scss.
+.app-container.has-background .pagination-link:not(.is-current),
+.link-share-container.has-background .pagination-link:not(.is-current) {
+	background: var(--grey-100);
+}
+</style>
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/global.scss b/frontend/src/styles/global.scss
index 3294ef496..c81699c02 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/global.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/global.scss
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 //@import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/message"; // not used
 // @import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/modal"; // not used; Modal.vue owns its own dialog-based styles
 // @import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/navbar"; // not used; ported into AppHeader.vue
-@import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/pagination";
+// @import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/pagination"; // ported into BasePagination.vue
 // @import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/panel"; // not used
 // @import "bulma-css-variables/sass/components/tabs"; // not used
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/theme/background.scss b/frontend/src/styles/theme/background.scss
index b439573ca..86c66f91c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/theme/background.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/theme/background.scss
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
     min-height: 100vh;
   }
 
-  // FIXME: move to pagination component
-  .pagination-link:not(.is-current) {
-    background: var(--grey-100);
-  }
-
   .box,
   .card,
   .switch-view,