Europe needs a new eco-social paradigm if it is to ward off the populist sirens and offer a positive vision for the continent.
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From the very beginning of the debate over Britain’s place in Europe, it has been argued that membership of the EU and its predecessors would entail a loss of ‘sovereignty’…
Branko Milanovic sets out an agenda for global progressives in the 21st century.
What scope is there for the emergence of a Left in Europe able to overcome the mutual suspicions between social democratic parties and those situated in more extreme positions? And…
The European Green Deal doesn’t deserve uncritical support—but nor does it need sniping from the sidelines.
The recent social democratic playbook is depressingly familiar: first, campaign on a demand stimulus and/or an end to austerity. Second, upon winning (usually by the narrowest of margins), suddenly discover…
The April general election in Spain was certainly a step forward for the Socialist Party. But that was only a recovery from its ‘third way’ step back.
In any article published in the international press about Robert Biedroń, it seems almost obligatory to describe him as the new ‘Polish Macron’. Biedroń recently stood down as mayor of…
The realignment on the French left highlights the basic requirement that the left unite the working and professional classes.
Since 2008 the left around the advanced world has dreamed of a popular uprising against the neoliberal elite that brought us the financial crash. Now that uprising has come, but…
With the fall of Communist rule in 1989, the main goal of Czech foreign policy was to obtain membership of the EU. This finally materialized in May 2004, when the…
The outcome of the first negotiation package agreed between CDU/CSU and SPD needs to become more precise before being approved by their congresses. There is a long way to go…
Germany has made significant strides to transcend ordoliberal nostra. But huge obstacles still stand in the way of progress.
Since time is short, I will jump straight into the heart of things. My thesis today is simple: digital technologies are both our best hope and our worst enemy. Big…
On 17 November in Gothenburg, Sweden, EU leaders met for a “social summit”, presided over by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, who had also attended the previous one…
As central banks squeeze households, corporations protect their margins — and the European social model pays the price.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has won the electoral first round in France. Welcome to a Europe Orwell would have recognised.