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MEPs Urge Commission to Halt Assange extradition to USA
- A cross-group of MEPs are calling on the European Commission to intervene and stop the extradition of Julian Assange from the UK to the US.
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European Citizens’ Initiative
Housing For All
- Housing is a human right and not a commodity. A European Citizens’ Initiative demands better EU legislation for affordable, public and social housing in Europe.
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Statement
Left Condemns Orbán’s Academia Power Grab
- As thousands continue to protest against Viktor Orbán’s plans to curb Hungary’s academic freedom by seizing control of the country’s leading scientific research body, the Left in the European Parliament is throwing its full solidarity behind the campaign against this latest power grab.
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Lot Of Hopes For New Government In Finland
- On Thursday 6 June a centre-left coalition, including Left Alliance and led by Social Democratic Party, was formed. A very progressive government programme was adopted, although some conflicts are just postponed.
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EP Elections From A Left Perspective
- Visit our page for the transform! election monitoring project from a left perspective.
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The Manifesto For The Democratization Of Europe
Democratizing The European Union With A New Treaty: An Audacious Bet
- As the European election approaches, it is noteworthy to acknowledge the almost non-existence of the issue of the current institutional design of the EU institutions in the public debate.
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Presidential Elections in Slovakia
- Zuzana Čaputová, the candidate of the non-parliamentary neoliberal party ‘Progressive Slovakia’, has won the second round of presidential elections with 58% of votes. Čaputová is the first woman to become president and, at age 45, is the youngest president in the history of Slovakia.
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Comment
Ukraine’s Presidential Elections: Oligarch against Oligarch
- Registered voters: 30,056,127 Turnout: 62.86 % (first round), 62.07 % (second round) second round: Volodymyr Zelensky - 73.22 % Petro Poroshenko - 24.45 % The recent presidential elections in Ukraine have provoked rather similar reactions in the West and in the post-Soviet countries,...
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Conference Report
Historical Materialism – Welcome to Athens
- After London, Sydney, New York, Beirut, Montreal, and Toronto, the Historical Materialism Conference was held in Southern Europe for the first time. From 2 to 5 May, hundreds of people met in the Greek capital to discuss resistance and strategy in times of crisis. A report follows, with particular focus on critical communication studies.
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Report
Desobedoc Film Festival 2019 Edition: When Politics and Culture Merge to Produce Something Beautiful
- The Desobedoc – mostra de cinema insubmisso is an insubmissive documentary film show co-hosted by transform! europe and Bloco de Esquerda that started in Porto, in 2014.
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Report
Refugees cycling from Frankfurt to Brussels to raise awareness of those trapped in Libya
- Last week, a group of refugees arrived in Brussels to hold a demonstration outside the European External Action Service, European Council and the European Commission, after they cycled the 475-kilometre route from Frankfurt, aiming to raise awareness of the situation of asylum seekers currently trapped in Libya.
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Essay
Rosa Luxemburg’s Labour Movement Socialism
- Find here the first text of transform! europe's article series on Rosa Luxemburg on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her murder.
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FRONTEX's Unchecked Power Grab Endagers Human Rights
- A vote that gives the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) unprecedented powers overwhelmingly recently passed in the European Parliament – giving this opaque EU body unrivalled powers and unchecked accountability.
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Analysis
Brexit: the back story
- On 23 June 2016, the electorate of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar voted to decide if the country should remain a member of, or leave, the European Union. The referendum was a Conservative Party manifesto commitment in the general election of May 2015. The Prime Minister and leader of the...
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Comment
About the Results of the Local Elections in Turkey
- On 31st March, the local elections took place in Turkey, opening a window of opportunity for the Turkish Left.
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Homage
In Memory of My Friend and Comrade, Javier Navascués (1957-2018)
- On the 15th of February 2019, Scientific and Strategic Consultant of transform! europe, was invited to participate in a panel discussion organised by the Foundation of Marxist Research (FIM) to commemorate its former president and member of the Communist Party of Madrid, Javier Navascués who died a year ago at the age of 61.
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Analysis
The Populist Radical Right in the Netherlands after the Provincial Elections
- On 20 March 2019 provincial elections took place in the Netherlands – with significant consequences.
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Left Alliance Took Victory in Finnish Parliamentary Elections
- Left Alliance won in Finnish parliamentary elections for the first time since 1995. Social Democratic Party won and became the largest party in parliament but also right-wing populist The Finns party preserved its former support and became second. Finnish parliament is now more left-wing and green, but also more split than before.
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transform! europe's new observer organization
R-komplex
- Recently, transform! europe could welcome R-komplex as new observer organization. Read about R-kompleX presenting itself.
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Award
Assange, Motarjemi & Rui Pinto Win GUE/NGL Whistleblower Prize
- Winners of GUE/NGL Award for 'Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information' announced.
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