After the presidential election, in which Jean-Luc Mélenchon missed entering the second round by only 1.2 percentage points, Greens, Socialists, and Communists formed an electoral alliance with La France Insoumise for the upcoming legislative elections: New Ecological and Social Popular Union (Nupes).
Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) from 1972 to 1984, Enrico Berlinguer has been long known for two broad political initiatives he introduced in the 1970s: at the level of domestic politics, the compromesso storico (the historical compromise); and, at the international level, Eurocommunism. On 25 May, we celebrate his 100th birthday.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon landete knapp hinter Marin Le Pen an dritter Stelle in der 1. Runde der Präsidentschaftswahlen in Frankreich, Sinn Féin wurde zur stimmenstärksten Partei in Nordirland, und Syriza bereitet sich auf einen Wiedereintritt in die griechische Regierung vor. Barbara Steiner gibt einen Überblick zur Stärke linker Parteien in Europa.
The ¡No pasarán! conference brought together activists and experts from Europe and beyond to plan the most effective ways of challenging the far right. They shared experiences, analyses, and strategies for mobilisation and action. Find here the workshops' recordings!
transform! yearbook 2022 looks at how left politics has been challenged by the Covid pandemic and asks what a programme of left demands for pandemic research, prevention and treatment might look like. transform! yearbook 2022 will be released in June.
For the first time, left-wing Sinn Féin became the largest party in the Northern Irish Assembly. A "historic breakthrough", says Heinz Bierbaum, President of the Party of the European Left (EL).
The newly founded party Movement for Freedom (MFP), led by Robert Golob, won a record victory in the Slovenian parliamentary elections, winning almost half of the parliamentary seats. The wave of anti-janšism brought a convincing victory for the liberal centre, but almost washed the Left out of parliament.
Can we rejoice at the end of one war while another is raging? Writing about 8 May is difficult this year. Obviously its most important message must be: Stop the killing in Ukraine! Return to the negotiating table!
In den Philippinen finden am 9. Mai die Präsidentschafts- und Vizepräsidentschaftswahl statt. Beide Amtsträger*innen werden in separaten Wahlen gewählt. Darüber hinaus werden landesweit Tausende von Positionen zur Wahl gestellt — vom Senat bis hin zu Bürgermeister*innen und Provinzgouverneur*innen.
This eBrochure, commissioned by the Left in the European Parliament, aims to provide a brief overview on the topics of economic justice and exploitative working conditions.
Endlich, nach zwei Jahren Pandemie können in vielen Ländern die Gewerkschaften und mit ihnen Mitglieder von linken Parteien, sozialen Bewegungen sowie Bürger:innen am 1. Mai, dem internationalen Tag der Arbeit, wieder auf die Straße gehen.
Duroyan Fertl interviewed Pinja Vuorinen, Chair of the Left Youth of Finland, about the consequences of the war in Ukraine on Finland and its current steps towards NATO.
As in the previous presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon outpaced all his competitors on the left by several million votes. His electorate is both in continuity with the 2017 election and undergoing profound transformations.
A referendum will be held on 1 June to decide whether Denmark participates in the military dimension of the EU, the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). It was called by five parliamentary parties, including the governing Social Democratic Party.
Am 26. April wird die Präsidentschaftswahl zwischen Emmanuel Macron und Marine Le Pen entschieden werden. Obwohl sich Macron und Le Pen bereits 2017 in der Stichwahl gegenüberstanden, ist die Situation heute eine andere: Dieses Mal wurde die radikale Linke zur drittstärksten Kraft und lag nur 1,2 Prozentpunkte hinter Le Pen.
NATO is an imperialist organisation, dominated by the USA and responsible for innumerable wars of aggression. The dismantling of this political-military monster generated by the Cold War is a fundamental requirement of democracy. Its weakening in recent years has led Emmanuel Macron, France’s...
Since 1990 the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been producing “assessment reports” every seven years on the state of our planet.
Als Reaktion auf die russische Invasion in der Ukraine hat transform! europe ein Friedensmanifest veröffentlicht. Eine Vielzahl anderer Organisationen setzt sich ebenfalls für den Frieden ein: linke Parteien und Bewegungen, NGOs, Menschenrechtsorganisationen, Friedensbewegungen, Gewerkschaften, religiöse Gruppen und viele mehr.