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After a record 69 days of negotiations, Denmark has a new minority coalition government, dependent on the support of the radical left. The 77-page centre-left agreement contains important social and environmental wins for the left but also preserves a neoliberal economic outlook and Denmark’s restrictive migration regime. Whether its progressive elements are implemented remains an open question. On 2 June, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced an end to Denmark’s longest-ever government formation negotiations. More than two months after the...
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This was the focus of a delegation trip by the Decent Work Balkans network to Brussels from 4-8 May 2026. With the support of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS), Vladimir Simovic and Bojana Tamindzija from the Center for Politics of Emancipation in Belgrade, as well as Drenusha Canolli and Visar Ymeri from the Institute for Social Policy “Musine Kokalari” in Pristina, visited the European capital. In meetings with Members of the European Parliament, trade unions, and EU institutions, they discussed about possibilities and constrains for...
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Trade unionists, industrial workers, researchers and political representatives gathered in Brussels to debate how democratic planning, public coordination and workers’ participation can shape a progressive European industrial policy On 23–24 April, policymakers, trade unionists, industrial workers, researchers and political actors from across Europe gathered in Brussels for two days of discussion on the future of industrial policy in Europe. Combining a public event at the European Parliament with a strategic expert meeting the...
Read More "Reclaiming Industrial Policy Means Reclaiming Power Over Investment"
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We are excited to share the first-ever Organize! reader, launched during the Organize! Movement Meetup in Malmö on 15–17 May 2026, organised by the Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung together with the Clara Foundation and the Zetkin Foundation. This marks the beginning of what will become an annual publication dedicated to organising, strategy, and collective power-building across the international Left. Across 128 pages, the reader brings together experiences, reflections, and practical insights from dozens of organisers, campaigners, and...
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Read More "Lessons in Organising from Across the Left"
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As long as electricity remains organised around private profit rather than public need, expanding renewables alone will not deliver affordable energy in Europe Each new energy shock in Europe is treated as an exception, a crisis that arrives from the outside through war and supply disruption. And each time the reaction follows the same, predictable pattern: energy prices surge, governments come up with temporary relief measures to soften the blow and the system that produced the crisis in the first place remains untouched....
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How organisers and developers are coming together to rethink the role of tech in movement-building As organising increasingly intersects with digital infrastructure, questions of strategy, tools, and control are moving to the centre of left politics. From large-scale campaigns to everyday movement work, digital technologies shape how organisers connect, mobilise, and build power – yet they often remain underdeveloped or poorly aligned with organising needs. For the Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS Brussels), Sophia Bader spoke with Daniel...
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The use of digital tools for organising is widespread across the international Left, but often fails to realize its full potential. Capacity limits, a lack of strategy, and conflicting perspectives on platform ownership pose significant practical constraints. Grounded in original qualitative survey research, this report examines how left organisations use digital tools for organising and why current approaches often fall short. Combining inductive analysis with organising theory, it identifies both structural constraints and strategic...
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As energy costs surge and decarbonisation pressures mount, Europe’s steel crisis exposes the limits of profit-driven industry — and the case for public ownership Europe’s steel sector is in crisis. The obvious culprit is the continent’s high energy prices, now further escalating in the wake of the Iran war. But the deeper problem lies elsewhere: the industry risks returning increasingly fewer profits to company bosses and shareholders. Amidst their troubles, there’s an opportunity for the Left to make a strong case for public...
Read More "To Save Europe’s Steel Industry, a Public Takeover is Needed"
Read More "To Save Europe’s Steel Industry, a Public Takeover is Needed"
The European steel industry is once again in crisis. A sector that currently supports around 300,000 direct and between 2.3 and 2.5 million indirect jobs has been increasingly seeing steel companies announce closures, mass layoffs and capacity cuts. These developments accelerate an existing trend: since 2008, the European steel industry has lost over 100,000 direct jobs — approximately 25 per cent of its workforce. In 2024 alone, 18,000 layoffs were announced alongside a record 12 million tonnes of capacity closures. At...
Read More "Reclaiming Steel: A Public Path for Europe’s Green Industrial Strategy"
Read More "Reclaiming Steel: A Public Path for Europe’s Green Industrial Strategy"