Greens In Government

In the face of the crises of our times, the Greens must leverage their unique movement-party identity to fight for social and ecological justice.

After its recent electoral successes, the Croatian Green-Left party must balance its participatory roots with the demands of professional governance.

Entering government coalitions at the national level did not pay off for the Greens. How can they maintain consensus?

Though a Labour victory is expected, the Green Party hopes to win seats in the upcoming general elections, amidst voters’ discontent with old parties.

Despite a rocky start, Green mayors are sticking to their agenda and making inroads into society.

To reconcile the physical reality of climate change with the attitudes of German society, pragmatism is key.

Following Zagreb’s example, grassroots-based municipalist movements can lead a new progressive wave in the Balkans.

The culture wars around climate policy seem set to become the new normal, as the heating law debate in Germany exemplified.

From national leaders calling for a pause to the European Green Deal to the online Right’s re-invention of the “15-minute city” as an authoritarian project for social control, the signs of an anti-green backlash are growing.

Compared to the heady days of the Green Wave, it is clear that green politics in Europe has entered a new phase.

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