2020 EC Work Programme – A metamorphosis should not stop half way!
The first year of political decisions within the EU will be crucial to set the right direction and right level of ambition
From COP 25 to the European Green Deal: Can Europe break up the climate impasse?
When the outcomes of the COP25 were disappointing, despite a large mobilisation of citizens and NGOs, the European Green Deal was the best news.
New European Commission: Big Challenges, High Expectations
The new European Commission can open up opportunities for progressive forces to regain influence in a European direction.
The Rise of China and Global Governance
How should Europe deal with this in a progressive perspective? Defending our values and our social and political model but also pushing China to engage with multilateralism solutions for today’s global challenges
Strong socialist victory in Portugal
The Portuguese Socialists (PS), led by Antonio Costa, have achieved an outstanding victory giving them 106 of the Parliament’s 230 seats.
Climate and Clash in the UN General Assembly
A clash of visions took place in the last General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. Not a clash between patriots and globalists, as Trump declared during his 35-minute speech in front of a tense and silent audience of world leaders. But a clash between nationalists and those who push for more international …
Social, fiscal and climate justice: the right-left cleavage is still alive!
The European project can only have a future if it overcomes the status quo imposed by conservatives and neo-liberals and if it refuses to fall into the trap proposed by national-populists. Regaining control over our lives in a time of globalisation is only possible if we address social, fiscal and climate justice and if we …
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Manufacturing Dissent? Fake-news, Micro-targeting and Democracy
We need new rules and changes on different fronts,
The Progressive Way in the Invention of the European Union
The new fight should now be for amplifying the scale of this Plan to build a low carbon economy and a society where digital innovation improves the quality of life of all European citizens.
Editorial
This edition focuses on the digital revolution. The term revolution evokes images of peoples’ uprisings against the powers that be.