Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Previous articles concerning EU countries (and not EU institutions) are beginning to be regrouped in this new section. It will take time. Some countries not formal members of the EU are included in this section.
Dave Kellaway makes an initial analysis of the results of the Italian general election.
Chamber of Deputies by % Party/coalition %2022 %2018 +/- Right wing coalition 43.9 37 +5.9 – Fratelli d’Italia (Meloni) 26.25 4.4 +23.5 – Lega (Salvini) 8.97 17.4 -8.1 – Forza Italia (...)
The Swedish Social Democrats lost government power in the 11 September election. They will in all likelihood be replaced by a right-wing government consisting of Moderates (Conservatives) and Christian Democrats, possibly also by the Liberal Party. The government will seek and be completely (...)
The Irish élite and its satellites 🛰 are tugging the forelock to the British Monarchy after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. French left-wing politicians are having none of it. The message must spread in Ireland, and other parts of the world. “We are a republican country. Why should I pay tribute (...)
The uneasiness and disorientation that can seize the observer in the face of the various crises (economic, political, cultural, social and moral) that Italian society has been going through for the last thirty years are multiplied tenfold by the feeling that the horizon is moving away, while (...)
With almost all votes counted from Sunday’s election, it looks like Sweden’s right-wing parties are set to take power with a razor-thin majority, ending eight years of social democratic government. For the first time, this conservative coalition also includes the far-right Sweden Democrats, who (...)
They say that politics is an art: the art of compromise, the art of getting along with people, but also the art of telling stories. When more than 70,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague on 3rd September, two different stories immediately emerged. According to one story, it was an action by the (...)
“We have to oppose the false argument that the fight is just with stopping the neo-fascist Meloni and therefore the only ‘useful’ or tactical vote is to back Letta and the PD. ”
Cantagallo is a well-known service station on the main north-south motorway on the outskirts of Bologna. We have stopped (...)
Private pension systems are the most complex domain of financialization in general. These systems intertwine and influence all aspects of present socio-economic circumstances, all the while shaping the future through financial and political dealings. The topic of pension systems best (...)
In Italy, Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister last week after three parties in his government refused to back him in a confidence vote. The country’s President, Sergio Mattarella, has asked him to remain as caretaker leader and early elections will take place this autumn. (...)
1,400 children and orphans fled Ukraine with the help of a Polish charity. This is their story
Help for Ukrainian refugees comes in many shapes in Poland. Right now, two young women are filling out dozens of forms for dental care for some of the 1,400 children that Happy Kids, a Polish (...)
There are actions that mark a fundamental change, a before and an after in the characterisation of a person, a party or a government. Crossing the Rubicon has had that meaning ever since Julius Caesar crossed this small river, initiated a civil war and then had himself appointed dictator for (...)
On 5 May a series of elections took place in the United Kingdom. Scotland, Wales and England (i.e. Britain) renewed part of their local governments (about 150 assemblies out of a total of 400, or about 4,000 seats out of a total of 20,000). On the same day, Northern Ireland re-elected its (...)
Sunday’s Hungarian election will decide if far-right premier Viktor Orbán can continue his already decade-long rule. A united opposition damns Orbán for his lawbreaking and ties to Vladimir Putin — yet has struggled to articulate an alternative of its own.
Viktor Orbán has long enjoyed warm (...)
Poland’s populist government has been under pressure over rights and democracy. Now it feels it has the moral high ground
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine was a pivotal moment for Poland: proof positive it had been right about Russia all along, and the start of an immense national humanitarian (...)
The Irish establishment has been using Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine as an excuse to launch an assault on the idea of Irish neutrality. Richard Boyd Barrett takes on their arguments and makes the case for defending and strengthening Irish neutrality.
The Irish political establishment, led by (...)
There is war once again, and the re-radicalised right in Bulgaria is using the war in Ukraine to establish its final hegemony. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in full swing, in Bulgaria opinions, commentaries, analyses, performances, memes and all kinds of public expressions are (...)
On 27 October 2021, the budget put forward by Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party (PS) was voted down by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and Left Bloc (BE), resulting in the dissolution of Portuguese parliament, the collapse of the government and an early general election. The subsequent (...)
Portugal’s ruling socialists under prime minister, António Costa, achieved a surprising victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday. The Socialists gained an outright majority in the new parliament over all other parties and will be able to rule without a coalition. The previous so-called (...)
Dave Kellaway looks at the Portuguese general election result.
Election results (226 out of 230 seats declared) Party % 2022 % 2019 PS (Socialist Party) 41.68 (117 seats) 36.4 PPD/PSD (Centre Right) 27.8 27.8 Chega (neo-fascist) 7.15 1.3 Initiativa Liberal (...)
Three decades after the dismantlement of Yugoslavia, a portrait of Yugoslav leader Tito still hangs on the wall of Croatian factory ITAS. Elsewhere on the notice board, printed A4 paper sheets announce severe salary delays. Passing by, workers comment: “it didn’t used to be like that in Tito’s (...)
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