Local government

By prioritising residents over private vehicles, a Spanish municipality has overcome one of the biggest challenges facing Europe’s cities.

How does a municipality regain control of its land? An interview with Martijn Balster of The Hague and Rik Thijs of Eindhoven.

The Greens have consolidated their position in England, but they need to strike a difficult balance between competing demands.

With housing precarity rising in the city, Lyon Metropole is taking emergency steps to provide shelter to homeless and poorly housed people.

Zagreb’s green-left municipal government is restoring the city’s capacity to deliver quality public services amid surging energy prices.

In the lead up to the Italian local elections, Marina Adami explains some of the complexities of the current political landscape.

An interview with political scientist Vanessa Jérome analysing what motivates activists to mobilise and campaign for the French Greens.

The recent local elections in Croatia, and in particular Zagreb, have been marked by the overwhelming success of the Green-Left coalition.

Greens in the UK have made significant breakthroughs at the local level. Where has this success come from and where might it lead?

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.