Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by POENARU Florin
Romanian social democracy represents a rather unusual political phenomenon in Eastern Europe. Social Democratic Party (PSD) is not only ruling the country at the moment, but it’s also the main protagonist of Romanian transition and as such the most responsible factor for current conditions in (...)
Greek PASOK played a key role in the political life of this country since the fall of the military junta in the 1970s. In European political context, it became a paradigmatic example of the decline of social democracy. In just a few years after the breakup of PASOK’s last government, the party (...)
, by KUGLER Steffen , WAGENKNECHT Sahra
We talk to Die Linke MP Sahra Wagenknecht about her controversial Aufstehen initiative and the future of the German left.
ahra Wagenknecht is used to controversy. Beginning her political career in the chaotic period that followed German reunification in 1990, she joined the Party of Democratic (...)
, by MOREA Roberto
The results of the Italian general elections which took place on 4 March seem to confirm the breakdown of the previous political framework, which had already occurred in other countries such as Spain, France and partly also in Germany.
In Italy, the two contenders for power over the last 20 (...)
, by PIANTA Mario
The post-election map of Italy has two main traits: fear and poverty. Northern and Central regions have gone to a Centre-right coalition where the leader is not anymore Forza Italia’s Silvio Berlusconi but League’s Matteo Salvini, who dropped its previous ‘Lega Nord’ emphasis to turn it into a (...)
, by COOPER Harry
Rather than fighting child labour, MEPs are pushing to stop campaigns that inform European citizens about the responsibilities of European multinationals
Fairtrade International and 21 of its partner organizations received a grant worth €5.8 million from the European Commission’s Development (...)
, by BLACKBURN Robin
Ed Miliband was no radical. But he helped lay the groundwork for Jeremy Corbyn’s rise, New Left Review’s Robin Blackburn argues. Britain’s Labour Party has elected as its leader Jeremy Corbyn, a man branded a dangerous socialist and pacifist. The national press warns he is completely unelectable, (...)
, by LÖWY Michael
Let us begin with a quote from an essay on bourgeois democracy in Russia, written in 1906, after the defeat of the first Russian revolution :
“It is highly ridiculous to believe that there is an elective affinity between grand capitalism today, as it is presently imported into Russia, and (...)
, by KONSTANTOPOULOU Zoe
Admittedly the politically and personally painful moments which we have experienced in parliament during this term are multiplying.
In my capacity as Speaker of the House, I sent a letter to the President of the Republic, Mr. Prokopis Pavlopoulos and to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras , noting (...)
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