Green Parties

A month on from the national, regional and EU elections in Belgium and the dust is still settling. How did the Greens fare and what possibilities lie ahead?

Liberalism, conservatism and socialism have long been seen as the dominant political paradigms of modernity. But these centuries-old frameworks are no longer unchallenged. Environmentalism, in the broad sense, draws from all three and yet offers a distinct, universal political outlook that responds to fundamental problems of (post-)industrial society.

How one area of Brussels is opening up city government with participatory democracy and driving forward the green transition.

From an alternative movement rooted in 1970s mobilisations to an established party today, we unravel the history of the Finnish Greens.

From school strikes to the Green New Deal, the current political energy around climate change is an opportunity that must be seized.

An interview with Yannick Vanderborght on why trade unions oppose basic income and whether we can expect that to change.

The Green European Journal asked experts, activists, and politicians from around Europe about the politics of basic income where they are.

Basic income offers progressives a positive vision for the future shaped around security, autonomy and social justice.

Analysis of the difficulties and way forward for progressive parties across Europe.

Now the economy has overshot key ecological limits, more sustainable social protection systems that do not depend on environmentally destructive forms of work must be found.