Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Büro Brüssel

Sep 26th, 2022

The heritage of Draghi: abstention triumphs, the right wins

Overall, the victory of the right-wing coalition with 44 percent is not striking as the right-wing pole has traditionally been swinging between 40 and 45 percent

Sep 21st, 2022

Opposing the militarisation of the EU

Large parts of European defence policy and military action take place without much publicity

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

Aug 25th, 2022

Right to mobility on both sides of the Atlantic: Brazil in the run-up to the presidential elections

The discussion about affordable or even free regional public transport plays an important role not only in Germany or the EU, but also in Brazil

Jul 22nd, 2022

“We need to collaborate with Denmark, but in a more equal way”

Duroyan Fertl interviews Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, Member of the Danish Parliament for Inuit Ataqatigiit

Jul 6th, 2022

The Re-Parlamentarization of French Politics

Although this first election only had one winner, the tripartition that has worked the political field since 2017 was heavily reflected in the results and now structures a national assembly divided between the group Ensemble, the Nupes and the RN

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”)

Jun 20th, 2022

Quick Take on the French Legislative Elections: Wins for the Far Right and Broad Left, Macron in Trouble

While the headiest dreams – of a radical left National Assembly with Jean-Luc Mélenchon as its Prime Minister – have been dashed, the Popular Union (NUPES) led by La France Insoumise (LFI) emerges from yesterday’s legislative elections as the principal opposition to a weakened President Macron

Jun 14th, 2022

A Strategic Compass for Europe's Return to Power Politics

The Compass turned into a mere work programme for the accelerated armament of the Union

Jun 2nd, 2022

French Legislative Elections and the Next Left Hope

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May 30th, 2022

“The Danish government has used fear of Russia's brutal war to rush through major policy changes”

Duroyan Fertl interviews Christine Lundgaard about the war in Ukraine

May 20th, 2022

“The right to mobility – how can mobility poverty be overcome?”

Workshop on 26 April 2022 in the context of the “Global Green New Deal” conference by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels

May 2nd, 2022

The music is playing elsewhere. Traffic revolution in Europe

German cities as pioneers of the traffic revolution? That was true once! Nowadays, it is others who are finding alternatives to the car

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

Apr 15th, 2022

Belgium’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

As in other European countries, the Russian attack on Ukraine provoked a lot of emotions in Belgium

Apr 13th, 2022

Public events on the Global Green New Deal

The prevailing neoliberal global economic system has put societies and nature in a threatening situation

Apr 11th, 2022

Not Out of the Woods Yet

The incumbent president placed first with 27.8 percent of the vote, putting him slightly ahead of the far-right leader, who scored a record high of 23.1 percent

Apr 7th, 2022

The French left, between constant reconfiguration and a fight for survival

For some fifteen years, the French left has been undergoing a period of spectacular reconfiguration. However, no force has managed to establish itself permanently as a new dominant player since the collapse of social democracy. The 2022 presidential and legislative elections will be crucial for two reasons: all these parties are seeking a better balance of power, and many of them are playing for their lives

Mar 23rd, 2022

Right to mobility – in Cologne, in São Paulo, in Boston…

The rising prices of energy and petrol or diesel are currently on everyone’s lips – and rightly so, because they expose middle- and low-income people to an ever-increasing risk of poverty