Preface
- Europe today is facing a multi-faceted crisis which has struck not only the continent’s economy, social systems, its politics, and democracy, but also the legitimacy of European integration and the values it stands for. The fact that a transnational entity such as the EU is pulled by the centripetal and centrifugal forces of its contradictions is nothing new, and it is not particularly alarming in itself. However, the European crisis, which broke out in 2008, and neoliberal austerity policies have exacerbated contradictions within and between the European states in a way that has caused ruptures of historic proportions.
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Syriza and Europe
An Interview with Alexis Tsipras
- Haris Golemis: Just three years ago, Syriza’s presence in Greece’s political landscape was quite small. Today, Syriza is predicted to be the frontrunner in the next elections – making you the next...
Essays
Europe – Nations: The Missing People and the Crisis of Legitimacy
- What I would like to discuss here is the possibility of resolving the crisis of Europe in a European way – in my opinion this is the only conceivable solution if the crisis is to be truly resolved,...
The ‘National Question’ and European Integration
- Europe is experiencing radical change. The civil war in Ukraine shows just how quickly events can take a dramatic and negative turn. That issues of domestic and foreign policy are to blame for this...
Right-Wing Extremism and Modernised Right-Wing Populism in Europe 1)
- The right’s recent success2 The results of the 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections point to a shift to the right in the political spectrum – albeit to varying degrees in different countries. In...
1945-2015: What Does History Tell Us?
- I. Preparing for the year 2014 gave historians a lot of work to do. The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 called forth many books on the character, origins, and...
Divisions in Europe and Challenges for the Left
The ‘Austeritarian’ Integration Dividing Europe
- Unwelcome developments at the EU level and economic imbalances within the EU and the euro area are often at the centre of critical analyses of the European crisis. There are popular and also justified...
Europe: A Lock and a Key
- The European treaties jointly developed and voted by the right and social democracy have created a twenty-eight-key lock, which requires all keys to be turned simultaneously if any change in the...
An Alternative European Industrial Policy?
- The need for an ‘industrial renaissance’ seems now to be the object of a fairly broad consensus. Although for a long time industry was considered part of an outdated heritage, industrial jobs are now...
A Left Project for Research in Europe. Some Principles and Proposals [1]
- The policies in force in Europe Research has a strong impact on human society and life. It should therefore be at the heart of democratic debate and decisions. But research policies are embodied...
The European Union and Its Neighbours
- Literally on a daily basis, the nature of the European Union’s relations with its neighbours is called into question by the never-ending refugee drama on the EU’s southern borders, the wars in Ukraine...
Some Notes on the Socialist Alternative in Post-Yugoslav Space
- What if nobody attacks you? Stane Dolanc (1925-1999) was one of the most important Slovenian politicians in former Yugoslavia and among a few of the close trusted friends of President Josip Broz...
A political vision for the Commons*
- The concept of common good has been increasingly present in class struggles. Could this reference to the concept of ‘the Commons’ lay the groundwork for a political project that surpasses ownership?...
European Elections: A Snapshot of the Balance of Power
The European Elections: An Analysis
- Since the European election of 2014, there has been a split across Europe’s political landscape. While in the EU’s southern countries – especially in Greece, Spain and Portugal – the growing protest...
Social Democracy Caught in the European Trap [1]
- Political science literature has extensively described social democracy’s ‘two metamorphoses’. First there was the establishment of social democratic parties as major government parties in the...
Far Right-Wing Parties in the European Parliament [1]
- With the Treaty of Lisbon, the financial crisis, austerity, public debt, European top candidates for European Commission President for the first time in European Parliament (EP) elections, all...
The Danish People’s Party: A Journey to the Centre [1]
- The Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti DF)2 was the big winner of the European Parliament (EP) elections in Denmark with 26.7 per cent of the votes. This represented a rise in the party’s votes...
The Left in the Storm: The Radical Left and the Elections in Spain
- Six years after the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis, the 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections resulted in enlarged representation for the parties integrated in the group of the United...
The Italian Vote and the Problem of a New Left Political Entity
- The results of the recent European Parliament elections raise more questions than they answer. Almost all opinion polls and forecasts, even those based on refined socio-political analyses, have shown...
East of the West – The Visegrad Four
- The Karlovy Vary Film Festival always presents a series called ‘East of the West’. The survey that follows will likewise look at the area east of the West, though in the slightly narrower sense of...
Elections in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland
- Taken together, the three Baltic republics Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania occupy an area about half the size of Germany. Poland, by contrast, is one of the largest EU member countries. In other...
Activity Report
transform! europe 2014 at a Glance
- For the last fifteen years, transform! has been working as a horizontal network with alternative thinking and political dialogue at its core. As the political foundation of the Party of the European...
Book Order
Ordering information
- UNITED EUROPE, DIVIDED EUROPE. transform! 2015 Edited by Walter Baier, Eric Canepa, Eva Himmelstoss ISBN 978-0-85036-628-0 250 pages, paperback Published December 2014The Merlin PressPrice: £16.95...
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