Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office

Dec 21st, 2022

Impact workshop: “The Left in Power”, Copenhagen 9-10 June

The workshop brought together 30 party activists and decision-makers from among the political left in Sweden, Denmark and Germany

Nov 10th, 2022

Sweden’s new government – a dystopian nightmare

The political results of the Swedish election are in, and they bear all the hallmarks of a bad dystopian novel

Sep 12th, 2022

Sweden: right-wing coalition wins election by the narrowest of margins

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

Jul 5th, 2022

“The government has been relying too much on the EU”

Duroyan Fertl interviewed Tobias Lund, MP for Norwegian left party Rødt (“Red”)

Apr 20th, 2022

“The most significant consequence in Finland has been the question of NATO membership”

Duroyan Fertl interviewed Pinja Vuorinen about Finland’s position on the war and the expected consequences for Finland

Mar 10th, 2022

Framing climate politics

The importance of activism and grassroots engagement in influencing Icelandic parliamentary election 2021

Mar 1st, 2022

A Caring State?

Welfare State Retrenchment, the Effects on Women, and Feminist Responses in Sweden

Jan 18th, 2022

How Sweden gave up the world’s most generous pension scheme to become a nation of unwilling fund brokers

“I’m sure that our actions will not be popular in 20 years’ time when retirees realise what we have done.”

Sep 29th, 2021

Iceland’s centrist vote has resurged, but the left still has opportunities to govern and grow in a fragmented party system

Voters from both right and left drifted towards Iceland’s centrist parties this weekend—but left-wing Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir still enjoys broad personal support and may yet retain her office

Sep 16th, 2021

Breakthrough for Norway’s Radical Left

In Norway’s parliamentary election on Monday, 13 September 2021, the country took a significant leftward turn, with candidates on the left of the political spectrum securing 100 out of a total of 169 seats in the national parliament

Sep 8th, 2021

Norway Is Moving to the Left – And Rethinking Its EU Relations

Since Norway rejected European Union (EU) membership in a 1994 referendum, eurosceptic sentiment has remained strong, with a majority against joining for the past 15 years

Aug 11th, 2021

Don’t Panic

Over the past decade, many countries have seen the rise and consolidation of support for right-wing populist movements and parties

Jul 23rd, 2021

Epidemic Economy: A Left Perspective

This is the second in a series of eight online debates to be held throughout 2021, addressing the COVID-19 economic crisis and mapping dilemmas, opportunities and strategies for the left

Jul 7th, 2021

Nordic Socialism During and After the COVID-19 Crisis

The past year-and-a-half has been extraordinary. The global coronavirus pandemic has caused millions of deaths and triggered an economic crisis on a scale not seen in generations

Jul 1st, 2021

Negotiated rents and the fall of the Swedish government

In the past week, a long game of chicken over the deregulation of rents culminated in the fall of both the government

Apr 14th, 2020

Corona Chronicles from Oslo

Helene Bank is Acting General Manager at the Campaign for the Welfare State in Oslo, Norway.

Apr 9th, 2020

Corona Chronicles from Stockholm

Petter Nilsson, Board member of the Center for Marxist Social Studies and Political Secretary for the Left Party in the City of Stockholm.

Dec 5th, 2019

Impact workshop: The rise of the far right and how to confront it

The Brussels Office of Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung partnered with the Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO) from Copenhagen to host a workshop to better understand and compare the causes of the rise of the far right across countries and to discuss strategies on how the left should respond.