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  Jan 11th, 2022

  How will the EU regulate the tech giants?

  The EU is currently negotiating several pieces of legislation to regulate the digital economy. This new strategy brings the EU directly into conflict with the tech giants
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  Dec 23rd, 2021

  France’s Culture War Election

  Four months from the French presidential elections, journalist Cole Stangler untangles the messy knot of right, center, and left-wing campaigns. Who’s who among the presidential hopefuls, where are their campaigns heading, and why does a Left unity ticket currently appear so unlikely?
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  Dec 21st, 2021

  The European Green Deal calls for reclaiming Public Investments for a real socio-ecological transformation

  The European Green Deal is fraught with fundamental flaws that make it unlikely to properly contribute to addressing the key challenges of our times
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  Dec 21st, 2021

  Something Is Rotten in the State of France

  Whether or not he wins France's April 2022 presidential election, Éric Zemmour can already claim a major victory in having thrusted his half-baked racist views to the centre of national public debate. For his supporters, who constantly invoke Antonio Gramsci, this victorious cultural battle is undoubtedly a precursor to future electoral triumphs.
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  Dec 15th, 2021

  Countering the neoliberal privatisation of services

  Will the COVID-19 pandemic drive further privatisation of the services sector and a new wave of austerity, or can we expect a departure from neoliberal orthodoxy, towards re-municipalisation and increased public investments?
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  Dec 13th, 2021

  Portugal's parliamentary election can be traced back to the Socialists' refusal to make a pact with left-wing forces

  Socialist Prime Minister António Costa is calling an election in an attempt to secure an absolute majority
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  Dec 6th, 2021

  COP26 Counter Summit – The Future Is Public Transport

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  Nov 30th, 2021

  Arms Production and Employment: Discourse, Scale and Methodological Challenges

  One of the arguments most frequently advanced for the arms trade is its contribution to the economy
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  Nov 29th, 2021

  There Will Be Change — But How Much and Where Will It Take Us?

  Germany’s new “traffic light coalition” promises a little bit of progress on crucial issues, but not much else
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  Nov 23rd, 2021

  Climate Neutrality and Democratic Ownership after COVID

  On 21 October, the Copenhagen-based Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO), along with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office, hosted a forum on the challenges of a socially just transition to clean energy, with former Copenhagen City councillor Ulrik Kohl
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  Nov 18th, 2021

  Red Copenhagen

  Huge windfall for the left in Denmark as the Red-Green Alliance picks up a quarter of the vote in Copenhagen
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  Nov 18th, 2021

  Danish municipal elections: Red-Green Alliance strongest party in Copenhagen

  Interview with Eva Milsted Enoksen, Copenhagen by Andreas Thomsen
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  Nov 17th, 2021

  Web conference: "Making rail transport attractive in the EU and globally – Lessons for COP26" (29 October 2021)

  Transport is the only sector whose greenhouse gas emissions have risen unchecked in recent years
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  Nov 15th, 2021

  Call for Tenders: Coordination of analyses on political developments in France

  The tender is for a service to coordinate our online series «A Season in Hell» of reports on French contemporary politics
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  Nov 15th, 2021

  LA PAH: A Handbook

  How should we welcome people at assemblies? How should an assembly-based, decentralized movement be organized?

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  Nov 5th, 2021

  COP26 People’s Summit for Climate Justice

  RLS Brussels is organising three great events during the COP26 People’s Summit for Climate Justice from the 7 to the 10 November in Glasgow. Join us in Glasgow or attend online!
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  Nov 3rd, 2021

  Socialist Party Wins Greenland Election

  Imagine leading a country where the northernmost point is in Oslo and the southernmost is in the Sahara. Imagine leading such a large country with a total of only 56,256 inhabitants. This is the challenge facing Greenland’s socialist party
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  Oct 19th, 2021

  Call for Tender

  The Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung would like to conclude a longterm design, layout and printing services agreement for printed materials, awarding these services through a bidding process
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  Oct 19th, 2021

  Call for Tender

  The Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung would like to conclude a longterm service agreement for interpretation, translation and proofreading/copy-editing services
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  Oct 19th, 2021

  Could Marine Le Pen’s dominance of the French far right be under threat?

  After her setback in the regional elections, Marine Le Pen now finds herself rattled by the unexpected rise of far-right media polemicist Éric Zemmour. Between its desire to represent a break with the status quo on the one hand, and its aspirations to electability on the other, her National Rally party is going through an identity crisis coupled with a weakening influence. But should this phenomenon be viewed as progress in the fight against the far right, or as heralding the emergence of more menacing spectres ahead?