Vox's Public Policy

After the extreme right-wing party Vox entered the regional government of Castilla y León alongside the conservative Partido Popular (PP) in April 2022, the party gained more representation in the local and regional elections of 28 May 2023, allowing the PP-VOX coalition to be replicated in other autonomous communities previously run by progressive coalition governments. This has been the case in Extremadura, Aragon, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Vox also entered the government of Murcia, until that time governed solely by the PP. Are the Spanish regional governments becoming laboratories for far-right public policies?

The Transformation of the Global Automotive Industry

Mobility is a basic human need. Over the last 100 years, the automobile has revolutionised the transport of people and goods. The automotive industry is a core industrial sector employing millions of people in Germany, Europe and the world. The trade unions in the metal sector are strong and powerful organisations without which the enforcement of social rights would have been impossible. But the costs and irreversible damage caused by the fossil fuel era are now undeniable.

“A Heavy Blow”

The split in Die Linke brings years of internal conflict to an end and offers the party the chance to move on. But Wagenknecht’s departure will also downgrade Die Linke’s parliamentary privileges and with that significant resources.

Energy Democracy Movement Declaration

The global energy democracy movement recognises that the energy transition is an urgent opportunity to reclaim our energy systems from the market and put participation, human rights, and equality at the heart. Read and sign Energy Democracy Movement Declaration!

Is the CEAS Reform a Tipping Point?

In response to the rising numbers of migrants and the increasingly xenophobic discourse across the EU, member states have begun renegotiating the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), restricting the ways that asylum seekers can apply for protection and making it easier for states to deport migrants to so-called “safe third countries”. Perhaps most surprisingly, the German government, led by the Social Democrats and Greens, have been major protagonists of these reforms, despite campaigning on a humane migration policy only two years before.

What Can the Left Learn from the Spanish Elections?

The PSOE and Sumar have not developed a discourse whereby the “social” issues of the left-wing urban bourgeoisie are set against the social issues of the working classes. On the contrary, they have taken responsibility for their choices in the face of the right-wing offensive. They have continued to defend progressive values while stressing the importance of putting in place ambitious social measures, and this has in no way affected their electoral results among the working classes.