Politics

As we try to make sense of the far-right’s rise in the EU’s biggest economy, framing the shift as a purely East German problem would be an error.

The future of climate policy is at stake in the US elections, but major transformations set in motion in recent years are unlikely to be reversed.

Labour’s win gives hope for a reset in the London-Brussels relations. The two sides must tread a fine line, especially in migration and mobility.

The French progressives are in a weaker position than ever before, due largely to a growing rift between politicians and their electorate.

Can ecology unify societies divided by politics serving the individual?

Andrew Telford critiques militarised responses to climate-induced security threats.

If we want to radically transform our societies, we need to rediscover time’s connection to the Earth. How can we access other ways of experiencing time and implement them?

From workers’ rights to questions of wellbeing, redistribution, global resource justice, and energy and food security, adjusting to the impacts of climate change is fraught with difficult political choices. Any credible attempt to “stay with the trouble” must entail a visionary political project of radical transformation.

European and municipal elections used to be an opportunity for parties opposing Orbán to score political victories. But this is changing.

Female politicians are trying to bring change to the male-dominated Czech political scene. But challenging the hegemony of the Right is difficult.