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?
Oct 18th, 2021 Job Listing The Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is seeking to hire a Project and Social Media Manager in the field of international public relations and communications
Oct 18th, 2021 Beyond Gas Conference 2021 Last weekend of September, people from four corners of Europe and beyond, from Portugal to Israel, gathered in Brussels for the first Beyond Gas Conference since Covid-19 hit our lives
Oct 6th, 2021 Climate justice: from narrative to action New podcast series in collaboration with Verso Books
Oct 1st, 2021 In the Portuguese local elections, an easy win for the center over a split left and a fragile far-right In the 2021 Local Elections, held on the 26th of September, PS held onto the strong lead its accrued since 2013, despite losing some key battlegrounds to PSD
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 27th, 2021 Breaking Down the 2021 German Federal Election A reshuffling of the political centre and a disaster for the Left
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 Amount 1 2 3 4 5 10 25 50 75 100
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
