Future of EU

Ahead of October elections in Hungary and Poland, we examine the future of rule of law in Europe. Under the incoming von der Leyen Commission, political will shall determine whether this core EU value is protected.

Prospects of EU reform are slim and austerity and Fortress Europe are set to continue. What does this mean for progressive strategies around Europe?

Political scientist Cristina Monge argues that the public needs a real stake in shaping its politics if the European project is going to succeed.

Truly tackling the 21st century’s biggest challenges demands a re-made EU which ties urgent action on climate change with a social justice agenda.

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.

Looking to historical and US-based examples offers a springboard to discuss European integration at a time of rising nationalism and populism.

The New Eastern Europe editor-in-chief analyses how, at European election time, impulses for change will affect an EU split in more ways than one.

An interview with Rosi Braidotti,
philosopher, reflecting on technology, inequality and the politics of life itself in a world of artificial meat and surveillance capitalism.

An interview with the Dutch historian on 10 years of crises and where Europe is headed now politics is back.

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.