Macron has committed to raising military spending in France. His goal? To increase France’s and the EU’s capacity for ‘strategic autonomy’. What does this mean, and what else should you know about Macron’s defence policy?
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The 'debate' about immigration, rewritten by Maryam Madjidi, winner of the Prix Goncourt for a first novel
Where now for the Left?
Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National
For decades, Denmark has been widely known for being among the first movers in harsh anti-immigrant policies. With the ever more influential Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) as a front-runner, the country has seen itself accepting radical anti-immigrant laws testing the outer bounds of international conventions. This year's national election, however, marked a turning point as the party suffered its first and severe parliamentary setback.
Two political parties – Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) and President Macron's The Republic on the Move (La Republique En Marche, or LREM) – are now vying for the centrist vote in France. But while LREM is veering to the right, the French Greens are being 'blocked' from following suit by a militant base that's pulling them to the left.
Laboratories of Resistance
Malmö 13-15 November 2019
The massive coming strike and mobilisations against pension reform
in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain and arms exports by these countries
Consultation of trade unionists, academics and policy experts at RLS Brussels
RLS Brussels brings together transport and urban activists from all over Europe
This was Spain's fourth general election in as many years, marked by the breakdown in negotiations between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Unidas Podemos.
Social security and solidarity, or private insurance and individualism: this the choice facing the French people
The WTO launched its World Trade Report 2019 on the future of the service industry at its annual Public Forum, but fierce debates during the event prove that the WTO is almost completely “out of service” due to ongoing trade wars as well as US attacks on Special & Differential Treatment.
And its contested meaning, past, present and future
Where the yellow vests are heading next
Burning issues in French politics
Socialists hold onto the win as left-wing allies refuse a coalition government