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A call for a new European social contract
- Call for a new progressive and democratic front in Europe. A statement of intellectuals and academics initiated by, amongst others, Costas Douzinas, President of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, a transform! europe member organization.
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Report
The Elections and the Pandemic. The French Municipal Elections 2020
- The municipal elections are an important event of French politics. Indeed, after the presidential election, these are the elections that usually benefit from the highest turnout. 35,416 municipal councils were to be elected; however, as a result of the pandemic, they took place under very special conditions.
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Statement of the Party of the European Left
Bierbaum on the French Local Elections: 'When the left and green forces unite, they can sparkle a social and ecological transformation.'
- Read the statement of the President of the Party of the European Left (EL), Heinz Bierbaum.
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Statement
Luka Mesec: 'We need a strong European left-wing alternative.'
- Luka Mesec, MP and Coordinator of the Slovenian Levica (The Left), was the guest in the ninth edition of transform! europe's webinar series ‘Meeting the Left’. He spoke of the pandemic’s exposure of many shortcomings of capitalist systems, and pointed to opportunities for left politics.
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A Health, Social and Economic Crisis Revealing Class and Gender Antagonisms in our Society
- A Statement of the Feminism Working Group of the Party of the European Left.
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Report
The Terrible Twins ... against Sinn Féin
- More than 128 days after February's general election, and against the backdrop of 'lock down', it would appear that Ireland has a new government. This new government, if endorsed by the members of the three parties involved, is of significance for a number of reasons. A report by Darragh Golden.
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Covid-19: Treatments, Cures, Rights – An Explainer
- Read the short e-publication on the importance of health care as a common good in the light of a future Covid-19 vaccine by the GUE/NGL (European United Left / Nordic Green Left) group in the European Parliament.
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Analyse
Europäischer Automobilsektor – wir brauchen eine Mobilitätswende!
- Die Corona-Krise trifft alle Sektoren der Wirtschaft, auch die Automobilindustrie. 12 Millionen Beschäftigte in der EU arbeiten im Automobilsektor – direkt in der Produktion oder in der Zulieferindustrie. Dieser macht damit 7% des BIP der EU aus.[1] Die Bedeutung der Automobilindustrie in einer...
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Die Corona-Krise als Teil einer viel umfassenderen Krise der Zivilisation
- Die Corona-Krise hat weltweit bereits mehr als eine halbe Million Menschen getötet. Zurecht konzentrieren sich Politik und Gesellschaft im Moment auf die Bekämpfung des Virus. Aber dahinter steht die in Zeitlupentempo explodierende Umweltkatastrophe. Die Corona-Krise ist eingebettet in diese viel größere Krise und mit ihr ursächlich verbunden!
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Right2Cure Initiative to push Commission on Universal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
- The left group in the European Parliament is joining forces with left-wing parties and grassroots organisations from across Europe to launch a major campaign of mobilisation in support of free and universal access to a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Interview
Enrique Santiago: „Wir müssen die Commons wieder aufbauen, die wir niemals hätten privatisieren sollen."
- Enrique Santiago, Generalsekretär der Kommunistischen Partei Spaniens (Partido Comunista de España, PCE) und stellvertretender Sprecher von Unidas Podemos im spanischen Parlament, kommentiert die aktuellen Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Wirtschaftskrise.
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Comment
Politics in the Face of a Climate Disaster
- In 2015, when the Paris Agreement was still under negotiations, British journalist Paul Mason expressed his doubts whether the agreement would be signed and wrote that such climate conferences „resemble the peace treaties that paved the way to the Second World War."[1] Although Mason was wrong about...
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Statement
Enrique Santiago: "A government with Unidas Podemos has meant greater protection for workers in the Coronacrisis."
- Enrique Santiago was the guest in the eighth edition of transform! europe's webinar series “Meeting the Left”.
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European Forum 2020
Black Lives Matter: Let’s fight together against racism and the factors that allow it
- Read the press release of the European Forum 2020.
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Bericht
Polnische Präsidentschaftswahl von rechter Homophobie geprägt
- Während die Bedrohung der Pandemie nach wie vor über Polen schwebt, wird das Land Ende des Monats einen neuen Präsidenten wählen. Die Wahl wird von Kandidaten der beiden rechten Parteien dominiert, wobei der amtierende Andrzej Duda homophobe Propaganda zu einem zentralen Element seiner Kampagne macht.
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Analyse
Auf der Suche nach Mehrheiten. Europas Konservative im Richtungsstreit.
- Die EU steht angesichts der aktuellen Herausforderungen an einem Scheideweg. Ob sie sich als Verbund von Nationalstaaten zu einer neuartigen Freihandelszone entwickelt oder zukünftig als eigenständiger Akteur in globale Konflikte eingreift, wird auch von den konservativen Kräften abhängen, die die politisch einflussreichste Kraft in der EU sind.
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Personal Report
The Strike of Turkish Workers in Kaunas: On the “transparent” Municipality, the “terrorist” Trade Union, and the Victories of Solidarity
- Jurgis Valiukevičius, co-founder of the 1st May Labor Union on the labour dispute of Turkish workers in Lithuania.
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Analysis
Economic Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Czech Republic
- The Czech Republic has so far fared well in containing the pandemic. However, the economic consequences of the lockdown and the rapidly worsening situation in the world economy are yet to come. This article deals with economic measures implemented to mitigate the economic consequences of the pandemic through the eyes of political economy.
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Statement
Clémentine Autain: “Social democracy has failed. We need to invent something new.”
- Clémentine Autain was the guest in the seventh edition of transform! europe's webinar series “Meeting the Left”.
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Statement
Manon Aubry: "The Recovery Package put forward by the European Commission means Austerity."
- Manon Aubry, together with Martin Schirdewan Co-President of the GUE/NGL group, was the guest in the sixth edition of transform! europe's webinar series Meeting the Left. She is former spokesperson for Oxfam, and since 2019 a Member of the European Parliament for France Insoumise.
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