Politics

With many of the traditional larger parties in disarray in France, will this and a fatigue with the status quo play to the advantages of so-called outsiders such as Le Pen and Macron?

An assessment of the Netherlands’ recent general elections – a victory for the pro-europeans against the ‘Nexiters’?

Do the Dutch elections represent a return to political ‘normalcy’ or is it a façade, and is it about to crumble or it is masking deeper changes?

Is the Freedom Party a prime example of the rise of far-right populism around Europe? Or are things more complicated?

With France’s presidential election just months away – what role is there for political ecology to play?

Can Austria and Portugal provide clues as to which conditions are needed for progressive forces to flourish?

An interview with Tomas Tomilinas, MP with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union who gained a landslide victory last year.

Alexander Van der Bellen’s election as president was a boost for Austrian Greens, but many challenges lie ahead.

A discussion with Ralf Fücks, outgoing president of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, on the situation in Germany, coalitions with Merkel and the rise of the AfD.

Poland’s increasingly polarised political discourse, an increasing state grip on the media, and how to break the pattern.