The Left

Portugal heads to the polls in a week. For years an outpost for successful progressive government in the European Union, Portugal’s Socialist-led government lost its majority in late 2021. What can we expect from the snap elections? What role will Portugal’s green political forces play in shaping the country’s future?

The party’s misfortunes hold lessons for Greens both in the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Explanations for democratic backsliding in Hungary have so far neglected the role of neoliberalism and the resultant economic disintegration.

An interview with political philosopher Susan Nieman on how Enlightenment values should provide a compass for political action on the Left in times of climate warming.

What will the coming months and years bring for the Polish political scene?

Greta has forced the change up the Czech political agenda. But how the debate will change the country’s path is still uncertain.

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?

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