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The Brussels office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is looking for an author for a short study on EU policy proposals for nature credits and the risks they pose. The European Commission’s nature credits and biodiversity certification ...
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IMAGO/Frank Ossenbrink
It should not be forgotten that situations of upheaval always also offer opportunities for left-wing movements...For the European Left, the important thing is not to lose sight of the end goal.
read more "Alternatives to the Tariff War"
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IMAGO/TT
30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal stalwart As Sweden marks 30 years of European Union (EU) membership this year, a perplexing image emerges: a country which for large parts of the 20th century resisted membership in the Common Market is now one of the most pro-EU on the continent (a record 68 percent of the population supported membership in 2023, rising continuously since 2001).[1] At the same time, the implications of this membership are almost never discussed: the European ...
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Ana Mendes
Early parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on Sunday, called after a motion of no confidence in Montenegro's right-wing government (PSD-CDS) had been filed and rejected. The underlying reason for this motion of no confidence had to do with the prime minister’s legal and ethical fitness for office. Montenegro was caught up in a tangled web of interests and was threatened with a parliamentary inquiry (CPI) to investigate whether he kept an ongoing consultancy business registered at his home, receiving payments from companies through that ...
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IMAGO/NurPhoto
Germany’s new government will exacerbate social conflicts over wealth distribution, the climate crisis, and state repression. In light of the global rise of the far right, the latest iteration of a grand coalition between the conservatives (CDU/CSU, or “the Union”) and Social Democrats (SPD) in Germany appears to be a last contingent for the preservation of the status quo. With both major parties combined barely representing no more than 45 percent of the votes cast, there is no longer anything “grand” about this coalition. In fact, one could not imagine a more ...
read more "The Status Quo’s Last Stand"
read more "The Status Quo’s Last Stand"
IMAGO/Lehtikuva
Historic elections reveal deep public dissatisfaction with austerity, scandals, and a fading populist agenda. Local and regional elections on April 13 have delivered an historic defeat to Finland’s ruling right-wing populist party The Finns (Perussuomalaiset), which saw its support almost halved compared to the last local elections. The left-green bloc made significant gains across the country, and in the welfare-responsible regional councils in particular a record number of women will play a decisive role in shaping and implementing social and ...
read more "The Collapse of Finnish Right-Wing populism?"
read more "The Collapse of Finnish Right-Wing populism?"
IMAGO/ABACAPRESS
Why Le Pen’s games are a danger to democracy Like all right-wing extremist parties, the National Rally (Rassemblement National – RN) styles itself as an “anti-establishment” movement fighting against an allegedly corrupt and self-serving political elite. However, when it comes to their own financial interests, either individual or party-wide, they exempt themselves from these high moral standards. This is certainly the case with the most recent verdict against Marine Le Pen, and her allies’ reactions to it. Throughout the trial the RN ...
read more "From far-right firebrand to playing the victim"
read more "From far-right firebrand to playing the victim"
Ana Mendes
For the third time in four years, general elections have been called in Portugal. This time the elections follow a confidence motion tabled by Montenegro's right-wing government (PSD-CDS), which they lost. This is not merely further evidence of the instability and institutional crisis into which the right and the liberal centre are plunging the country, but specifically reveals the prime minister's desperate maneuvers to conceal his private business dealings. Indeed, the confidence motion — never likely to be won by a minority government in a polarized parliament — ...
read more "Snap elections in Portugal"
read more "Snap elections in Portugal"
Sophia Thoenes
As the new government targets pensions and workers’ rights, Belgian unions are showing Europe how to fight back
Formed after months of political deadlock, Belgium’s new government led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever presents itself as a force of stability in an era of economic and social uncertainty. The so-called “Arizona coalition”, named as such for the colours of its liberal, Christian Democrat, and Flemish nationalist components, promises citizens fiscal discipline and economic recovery. Yet from its inception, its true agenda has been one that risks deepening social...
read more "Bend It Like Belgium?"
read more "Bend It Like Belgium?"
imago/ZUMA Press
One could be forgiven for having missed the creation of the European Left Alliance (ELA) late last year. Comprised of six parties (La France Insoumise, Podemos, the Portuguese Left Bloc, the Finnish Left Alliance, the Swedish Left Party, and the Danish Green-Left Alliance), ELA will now be the second Europarty of the radical Left aside from the existing European Left Party (EL) founded in 2004. The creation of a separate party with a nearly identical name was justified by one of its leading figures, Manon Aubry, as needing “a party ...
read more "The European Left Alliance: New Project, Old Problems?"
read more "The European Left Alliance: New Project, Old Problems?"