Regional Analyses

Demonstrators protesting Spain's housing and rental crisis, on Madrid's Puerta del Sol with the protest encampment visible in the background
Demonstrators protesting Spain's housing and rental crisis, on Madrid's Puerta del Sol with the protest encampment visible in the background (2 October 2026)
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Spain’s Housing Crisis Explodes

María del Vigo, Miriam Bue
Iberian PeninsulaRegional AnalysesHousing
How the eviction of Maricarmen in Madrid triggered housing protests and snap elections In Madrid the political...
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A Divided Island, a Divided Left: Iceland after the EU Referendum

Matthias Kokorsch
Nordic CountriesRegional Analyses
Iceland says No. But to what exactly? On 29 August 2026, Icelanders voted on whether...
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Election posters in front of the Parliament building in Stockholm ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election
Who's going down? Election posters in front of the Parliament building in Stockholm ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election
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Sweden’s 2026 Election on a Knife-Edge

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
This article was updated reflecting the results is the 13 September election After Sweden went to the polls,...
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Spanish Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist party PSOE Pedro Sanchez during a rally in Jaen, Andalucia, Spain, 04 September 2021. Pedro Sanchez in Jaen
imago images/Agencia EFE

The most left-wing government in history?

Sato Díaz
Iberian Peninsula
The Beginning of the End The Spanish government, a coalition of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and sections of...
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Stefaan Van Parys

Marxist Summer School 2026

rosalux
Benelux
It was a weekend full of debates and exchanges. Over 550 people from nine countries, including a large delegation from Die...
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Elke Kahr at Manifiesta 2022 (credits Louise Schmidt)
Louise Schmidt

The Red Fortress in the Blue Sea: Why Graz Has Become the Litmus Test for Progressive Politics

Ipek Yüksek
Alpine States
The Waiting Room as a Political Statement There is a...
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Italy: Sit-in for closure of Detention Centers for Repatriation Sit-in in front of the CPR Centro di Permanenza per il Rimpatrio - Detention Center for
imago images/Pacific Press Agency

Punitive environments and asylum seekers as rights abusers

Martina Tazzioli
Antiracism & AntifascismItaly
The EU Pact in Italy The road to the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum...
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Denmark Government Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Mette Frederiksen, Pia Olsen Dyhr and Martin Lidegaard, in center, after presenting a new government to the king at
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Denmark’s New “Four-Leaf Clover” Government

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
After a record 69 days of negotiations, Denmark has a new minority coalition government, dependent on...
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Labor rights in the Balkans and the European Union

rosalux
LabourEuropean UnionGreece and Cyprus
This was the focus of a delegation trip by the Decent Work Balkans network to Brussels from 4-8 May...
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Denmark’s Election: Blurring Political Differences

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
On 24 March, Denmark goes to the polls in an early election that could reshape the Nordic...
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