Democracy

The Italian prime minister’s image as a moderate, pro-Western leader has earned her international credibility. But is her metamorphosis genuine?

A decade after shaking EU politics to the core, Syriza and Podemos face an uncertain future. Is left-wing populism a failed experiment?

Lukashenko has made Belarus Russia’s accomplice in the Ukraine war against the people’s will. But does anyone care about them anymore?

As authoritarian tendencies rise, aboriginal approaches to leadership, based on shared narratives, offer a powerful alternative.

The proposed EU Media Freedom Act represents a positive change of course, but it fails to provide badly needed subsidies to quality news outlets.

When all other forms of political participation fail, protest can succeed in influencing climate policy.

Transnational parties promised to shake up EU politics before the European elections in 2019. These experiments appear to have run out of road.

Faced with the inevitable failures of populism and technocracy, politics must rediscover its practical, communal and collective dimension. With this conversation, Edouard Gaudot and Natalie Bennett introduce a new series they co-curated on leadership in crisis, and explore the alternatives that Green thinking can offer.

In a world grappling with the climate crisis, social unrest, and polarisation undermining democracy, an oasis of ideas for a better future has bloomed. It happened in Milan during the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies. The two-day event brought to the same room the instigators of the next wave of participatory democracy that looms on the horizon. Uncover their stories, insights, and dreams for a greener tomorrow for Europe.

With countries turning to the right, progressives face the challenge of keeping their support in cities.