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 9th, 2021 Crash Barriers With chapters on and contributions from Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Italy, the Philippines, Spain, the US, and Zimbabwe
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
Aug 11th, 2021 The deceptive coherence of Marine Le Pen’s electoral base A recent poll shows the possibility of a far right victory in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election. While the poll gives a lead of a few points to Xavier Bertrand or Emmanuel Macron in the second round against Marine Le Pen, it indicates a victory for RN against Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot or Jean-Luc Mélenchon in that same round. The famous “glass ceiling” blocking the aspirations of the radical right-wing party could thus be broken by the disintegration of the “Republican front” if led by a left-wing figure. However, Le Pen’s electoral base is not as solid as it might appear, and herein lies the possibility to develop a strategy to combat the RN’s reactionary politics
Aug 4th, 2021 The Missing Element The news over the last few weeks gives us the lasting feeling that the climate crisis has accelerated and we have passed the point of no return
Jul 30th, 2021 The European Fit for 55 climate package: inadequate and socially unbalanced On 14 July 2021, the European Commission released Fit for 55, its climate protection package implementing the European Climate Law
Jul 30th, 2021 Web conference: Progressive Industrial Policy for Jobs and Climate Protection – Just Transition for the Automotive Industry held on 15 July 2021 With contributions from Ulrike Eifler,Benjamin Denis, Katharina Stierl, and Károly György
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 14th, 2021 Web conference: Sustainable batteries for electric vehicles? European due diligence legislation and EU trade policy – web conference held on 2 June 2021
Jul 14th, 2021 An open letter to the government A recent open letter from former military leadership to the French government may not point to the risk of a military coup, but it does bear witness to the dangerous trivialisation of a political discourse based on “national security and communitarianism”, which marginalises certain social groups by advocating national primacy and the rejection of immigration. Even though its rough edges have been smoothed out by Marine Le Pen, this discourse remains foundational to the far right Rassemblement National
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
Jun 28th, 2021 Takeaways from yesterday’s regional elections in France Season In Hell Editor Ethan Earle gives his top 5 takeaways from yesterday’s regional elections in France.”
Jun 16th, 2021 New Municipalism(s) – à la française The 2020 French municipal elections saw an unprecedented proliferation of “citizens’ lists” composed of non-party affiliated “newcomers”
Jun 16th, 2021 Online Conference «Working time reduction and climate crisis» What role for working time reduction when addressing climate change?
May 6th, 2021 Steps toward free local public transportation Conference report of the web conference on April 22, 2021 forming part of the Right to Mobility series
