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From workers’ rights to questions of wellbeing, redistribution, global resource justice, and energy and food security, adjusting to the impacts of climate change is fraught with difficult political choices. Any credible attempt to “stay with the trouble” must entail a visionary political project of radical transformation.

Continued support from European institutions amidst rise of the far right is crucial for Georgia's European aspirations. 

Fifty years after the democratic transition, Portugal is facing a political crisis of which the growth of the far right is the most dangerous symptom.

European and municipal elections used to be an opportunity for parties opposing Orbán to score political victories. But this is changing.

Bulgaria suffers from growing voter apathy, reflected in declining turnout and exacerbated by a campaign filled with propaganda and personal attacks.

Female politicians are trying to bring change to the male-dominated Czech political scene. But challenging the hegemony of the Right is difficult.

The chances of a conservative majority after the EU elections are slim, but the normalisation of radical right is a wake-up call for progressives.

How has the country with the greatest responsibility to “act European” turned into an obstacle to EU policymaking?

Can energy communities help get people on board the green transition and turn the tide against the rising far right?

Can Vienna reach its ambitious climate goals while ensuring that the burden of the effort is not passed down to the city’s residents?