Social Movements

The MeTooEP movement shone a light on sexual harassment in European Parliament. Despite important progress, much remains to be done.

In a France dominated by leaders without movements and rocked by movements without leaders, can political ecology build on EU election success to help fix the crisis of representation?

A series of crises in recent years have made instability the political norm in Spain. Ahead of the general election in November, we ask how political ecology has fared through these developments and what opportunities lie ahead.

A discussion with the Extinction Rebellion activist on the international climate group’s disruptive tactics in London and their demands for climate action.

A French petition to have the state’s duty and failure to act on climate recognised is part of a global movement which is picking up speed.

Although progressive social movements engage less and less with the EU following its direction of the economic and refugee crises, the struggle for ‘another Europe’ is not lost.

From climate change to robotisation, the challenges of the 21st century call for a new model of democracy. Dirk Holemans explores what a new social contract might look like.

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

An analysis of the possibilities for organised labour in an age of automation and climate change.

The Green European Journal’s editor-in-chief introduces the edition, journeying through a future Europe that aspires to make life better, brighter and more humane in 2049.