Solidarity

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.

The rise of borders and securitisation is putting core European values at stake. Caterina Guidi examines how the question of migration is riving Europe to its core.

Takeaways from the international solidarity economy wave are relevant for Central and Eastern Europe, but they must take into account local context.

An interview with social movements researcher Agnes Gagyi on the solidarity economy in Romania and Hungary.

Could a proposal to get people actively involved in the green transition trump the basic income?

Germany should not be criticised for pushing other EU countries to stick to agreed rules and reforms. However, it should also be prepared to do so as well.

Can democracy be the project that leads to further European integration?

The European Union is far from perfect – from a Green perspective – yet at times when it is threatened, we must rally to its defence as an idea and as a project.

The aftermath of the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian military intervention and the undeclared war in eastern Ukraine.

The proposed airport project at Notre-Dame-des-Landes has become a landmark in the fight against useless mega projects. The so called “zadists”, who are fighting to defend the territory, became a symbol of those in search of another, fairer and humane world. Utopians with their feet on the ground.