Democracy

The European Union cannot ward off domestic and foreign threats without promoting democracy worldwide.

While it acknowledges the systemic risk Europe faces, the Democracy Shield falls short of addressing its root causes.

Quantity matters more than quality when your goal is controlling the narrative, says Kata Benedek.

Across Europe, arts and culture are facing defunding, job precarity, censorship, marginalisation, and instrumentalisation by economic and political agendas. How do we assert the value of culture and protect artistic freedom in this challenging landscape? And under what conditions can culture meaningfully contribute to the ecological transformation?

This editorial introduces Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure, the winter 2025 print edition of the Green European Journal.

Deep engagement with complex texts is crucial for protecting us against bias and prejudice – especially in the age of artificial intelligence.

Ahead of next year’s elections, Budapest’s largest-ever pro-LGBTQ+ march offers a glimpse into the uncertainty of Hungary’s polarised politics.

Freedom is a battlefield progressives can’t desert, argue Baptiste Erkes and Gérard Pirotton.

Andrea Pető looks at the importance of moral persistence in the face of apparent defeat.

How do we wrest our digital infrastructure from unscrupulous billionaires?, Konrad Bleyer-Simon asks Paris Marx.

What can we learn from a decade of uprisings? An interview with Vincent Bevins.