France

Following France’s 2020 municipal elections, the newly elected Green leaders of Greater Lyon and Poitiers discuss governing in a crisis and ecology’s place in the political landscape.

The electoral success of Greens in late June has paved the way for a shift in French politics.

The challenge for Greens is to consolidate their credibility by building successful green-left alliances and bridging the ecological and the social so as to leave none behind.

Germany has shifted its position to unlock the route to an EU recovery fund. But Europe still needs a political alternative to inter-governmental deadlock.

Environmental destruction is inseparable from relationships of racial and colonial domination.

Modern states were not built to protect the environment but today are essential institutions for building a sustainable future.

Grenoble is looking to the future, hoping to keep its place among green cities.

The Kremlin is inclined to leave Europeans with no alternative but to reset a strategic dialogue. To achieve this Moscow will have to use a variety of its assets.

After its success at the 2019 European elections, can the French Greens break their pattern of constantly rising and falling green waves?

Christopher Hill’s latest book, The Future of British Foreign Policy, is an attempt to ground UK foreign policy post-Brexit in reality.