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Stefaan Van Parys
It was a weekend full of debates and exchanges. Over 550 people from nine countries, including a large delegation from Die Linke, took part in the Marxist Summer School in the industrial city of Charleroi, just south of Brussels, from 10 to 12 July 2026. In an atmosphere of solidarity and mutual respect, participants discussed... Read More "Marxist Summer School 2026"
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With general elections only months away, the Left in the Netherlands is stuck in a rut. As the year progresses, political signs are mounting that, 2025 could mark the beginning of a new left-wing momentum, similar to that seen a decade ago. In 2015, a surge of left-wing enthusiasm swept across the West with the election of the... Read More "The Dutch Left Is Still Adrift"
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”,... Read More "Bend It Like Belgium?"
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In Belgien finden die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament wieder im Schatten der nationalen Parlaments- und Regionalwahlen statt, somit dürfte auch mit ähnlichen Ergebnissen zu rechnen sein. Wird die belgische Arbeiterpartei PTB nach diesem Superwahljahr ihren Schwung beibehalten können?
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Cycling, walking and public transport during the pandemic and in times of rising cost of livingPublic panel discussion on October 1, 2022 at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Here is the link to the full program: https://www.rosalux.eu/en/topic/23.events.html?id=1290 Speakers: - Ludwig Lindner of the Initiative... Read More "Event report: For a real transport turnaround"
As in other European countries, the Russian attack on Ukraine provoked a lot of emotions in Belgium. The Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, immediately condemned the aggression as “one of the darkest moments since the Second World War”. On February 24, the day Russian tanks rolled into their... Read More "Belgium’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine"
We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Sofie Merckx on her new position as Head of the PTB group! At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, in March 2020, Florian Horn, project manager at the Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, had the pleasure to interview... Read More "Sofie Merckx becomes Head of the PTB group at the Chamber in Belgium"
The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned last Friday (15 January 2021), following hours of deliberations. The four-party coalition made up of the right-wing liberal VVD, Christian Democrats, liberal Democrats 66 and Calvinist Christian Union will stay on as a caretaker government for the time being. Its resignation was prompted by a scandal surrounding the alleged undue payment of child benefits, which thousands of families were wrongly required to pay back, plunging many of those affected into severe financial hardship. A parliamentary committee of inquiry presented its findings in December 2020. Its damning verdict was that thousands of families had been crushed by the machinery of government, with around 26,000 parents falsely... Read More "Netherlands – notorious tax haven has put families under pressure for years"