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On 24 March, Denmark goes to the polls in an early election that could reshape the Nordic country’s political landscape Earlier this year, Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was riding a modest “Greenland bounce” due to the tense stand-off with Donald Trump over Greenland. While this may have prompted her to call a snap election to save her flagging mandate, it is domestic politics that have defined the campaign, and with more than a dozen parties in the mix, the outcome is far from clear. The results may also mark an end of...
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On 14 March 2026, the Belgium Stop Militarisation platform organized a conference in Brussels bringing together more than 400 participants, including activists, researchers, trade union representatives and political figures. The event took place in the context of rising military spending in Belgium and across Europe, and alongside the first Brussels arms fair, BEDEX, providing a space for debate and mobilization around peace-oriented alternatives. The conference opened with a plenary session addressing the geopolitical context, the transatlantic alliance and...
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We recently hosted an exchange with Norma Goicochea Estenoz, former Cuban ambassador to Belgium and representative of Cuba to the United Nations World Federation. The meeting brought together a group of trade union leaders in Brussels to discuss the current political and economic situation on the island and the impact of the ongoing U.S. blockade. Norma described how the tightening of economic sanctions and especially the restrictions on oil supplies are deepening Cuba’s current crisis, with serious consequences for...
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As rents soar across Europe, the European Parliament reinforces market logic instead of confronting the structural roots of the housing crisis Despite lacking direct legislative competence in housing, European policy has for decades exerted a profound, often detrimental, influence on national housing markets. As the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung study The Impact of EU Policies on Housing shows, EU economic governance, state aid rules, and internal market regulations have played a decisive role in shaping housing systems...
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Title: Communication and Social Media Support Location: Remote Start: April 2026 Duration: 20h / month Rate: 40€ / hour Application Deadline: 22 March 2026 About Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) is one of the six major political foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany, tasked primarily with conducting political education both at home and abroad. The foundation is affiliated to Die Linke, a democratic socialist party in the German parliament. Since its founding in 1990, the...
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Title: Administrative Support Location: Remote Start: April 2026 Duration: 40h / month Application Deadline: 22 March 2026 About Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) is one of the six major political foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany, tasked primarily with conducting political education both at home and abroad. The foundation is affiliated to Die Linke, a democratic socialist party in the German parliament. Since its founding in 1990, the foundation’s work has adhered to the legacy of...
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A fragmented local vote is reshaping France’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential election, as traditional parties defend their municipal strongholds while the far right and radical left seek national momentum As the last vote before the presidential race, France’s municipal elections are following a different pattern to the broader national political scene, with key issues and political alliances varying greatly from one municipality to another. While the Socialist Party (PS) and the Republicans (LR) hope to preserve their...
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For a long time, the European Union has presented itself as a pluralistic, rights-based, open social and political space which is intrinsically oriented towards the expansion of freedoms: this is what the “European way of life” should mean. The EU has also been labelled as a “regulatory power” being able to promote rights on a global scale: in 2012, Columbia Law professor Anu Bradford coined the term “the Brussels effect” to depict the Union’s “unique power to influence global corporations and set the rules of the game”. Today, those promises are...
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How movements in the streets paved the way for the institutions In 2005, Zapatero regularized the legal status of half a million people. Since then, no government has promoted any similar initiative, until the citizen movement Regularización Ya (Regularization Now) came on the scene. “Regularization was achievable, and it has been achieved. This progress demonstrates something fundamental: regularization was not only necessary, but possible, and it was the sustained pressure of the organized migrant movement that managed to break years of...
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The idea of “nature” or “biodiversity” credits is gaining traction as a proposed solution to the growing biodiversity crisis. These credits should certify measurable biodiversity gains, such as habitat restoration or species protection, and make them available for purchase by companies, investors or governments. Advocates, including the World Economic Forum and some conservation organisations, describe them as tradable financial instruments that can mobilise private investment at scale. The European Commission has embraced...
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