The Green European Journal is an editorially independent publication of the Green European Foundation. Its printed editions take an in-depth look at topics from a range of different perspectives and occasionally include feature pieces curated by the editorial team.
Articles
01.12.2025
Shaping What We Value
For Mariana Mazzucato, arts and culture don’t just contribute to the economy – they mould it.
Read more01.12.2025
Cultural Rights: The Elixir of Social Cohesion?
Ernest Urtasun lays out his vision for culture as a driver of equality and social transformation.
Read more02.09.2025
Norway’s Elections: A Fossil Consensus
Could the rise of smaller parties drive Europe’s biggest gas supplier to change course?
Read more12.06.2025
Mass Protests Without Revolutions
What can we learn from a decade of uprisings? An interview with Vincent Bevins.
Read more12.06.2025
Values and Pragmatism: Europe’s Place in a Shifting World
In the face of geopolitical tensions, can the European project stay true to its ideals?
Read more25.02.2025
Can Germany Be Saved From Decline?
Wolfgang Munchau muses on what it will take to revitalise the German economy and save Europe’s green agenda in a time of geopolitical tension.
Read more30.12.2024
Born in the Streets: Green Politics in the Western Balkans
Across the region, protest movements are evolving into promising political realities. Could they contribute to the renewal Europe’s Greens are seeking?
Read more14.10.2024
Building a Resilient Europe: Rethinking Capital, Industry, and Trade
Why is Europe's economic sovereignty under threat and what needs to be addressed to strengthen it?
Read more08.10.2024
Chaos in the Middle East
One year later, the region is dangerously close to full-blown conflict. How can the EU help bring about peace?
Read more19.09.2024
Care and Solidarity in the Age of Disability
In a capitalist world that often encourages blame and abandonment, how can we stay with injury and adapt?
Read more12.06.2024
Myths of Transition
How did the notion of energy transition come about, and what risks does it pose for meaningful climate action?
Read more19.02.2024
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Europe Is Where Belarus Belongs
The prospects for a democratic future in Belarus hinge on Europe’s continued support for the fight against Russian imperialism.
Read more13.02.2024
No Food Without Farmers, No Farmers Without Nature
National governments and EU institutions are rushing to appease farmers. But are the solutions offered what the sector really needs?
Read more02.02.2024
Winds of Change in Serbia?
Allegations of vote-rigging sparked a wave of mass demonstrations in Serbia. Interview with Dobrica Veselinović of the Green-Left Front.
Read more04.12.2023
Meanings of Europe
The EU’s visions of its enlargement are only one side of the coin. Here is the other.
Read more04.12.2023
Roads to Pursue
The response to recent crises shows that the European project is simultaneously advancing and fraying. In the context of a newly found appetite for EU enlargement and with crucial elections just months away, progressives need to outline what kind of Europe they are striving for. From the Green European Journal's winter 2023 print edition.
Read more07.11.2022
Winning the Argument, Losing the Planet?
A reading list on how public debate around climate change has shifted over the past decade.
Read more13.10.2022
The Green Wave and the New Face of Europe’s Politics
A reading list on some of the key electoral moments, milestones, and breakthroughs for Green parties over the past decade.
Read more12.10.2022
Politics in the New Climatic Regime: Remembering Bruno Latour
The French philosopher was and no doubt will remain one of the most influential thinkers of political ecology in recent years.
Read more03.10.2022
What Does European Politics Owe to Protests?
A reading list on how the protest movements of the past decade have changed the political landscape in Europe.
Read more10.08.2022
New Climate Politics: A Reading List
The climate ecological crisis needs to be understood and faced as political and economic challenges.
Read more14.06.2022
The Fault Lines of Education in Europe
Data uncovers the relationship between public investment in education and equality and social mobility in Europe.
Read more10.05.2022
Just Transition Is About Systemic Change
Examining how Just Transition could be the key to tackling intersecting crises of environmental breakdown, social injustice, and global inequality.
Read more27.04.2022
For the Union Makes Us Strong: Selected Reading for Labour Day
Work has been transformed in recent years. But the fight for the recognition and dignity of all forms of work continues.
Read more02.03.2022
Beyond the Brink: Understanding Europe’s New War
How can we make sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Read more01.02.2022
The Struggle for Equality Continues
Taking stock of some of the key shifts in social perceptions of LGBTQI+ rights as well as the ongoing battles.
Read more13.03.2019
Earth, Wind and Solar Energy
The editorial team brings you infographics on the potential of renewable energy in 2049, while Daniel Scholten explores the power struggles its rollout will bring.
Read more17.05.2018
Lightening Labour’s Load: An Atlas of Green Tax Alternatives
Taxes on employed labour income constitute the lion’s share of fiscal government revenues for governments in Europe. With the future of work uncertain, what are Green parties’ alternatives and proposals around Europe?
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