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By Cornelia Hildebrandt | 6 Jul 2019

After the Defeat. New Challenges for the Radical Left after the European Elections.

In light of the far-reaching changes of power relations within the EU, the left requires new strategies. An analysis.

6 Jul 2019

An Urgent Appeal to Support Progressive Media in Bulgaria!

transform! europe supports the call for solidarity of baricada.org

By Yiannos Katsourides | 5 Jul 2019

Demetris Christofias (1946-2019) – In Memoriam

Demetris Christofias passed away on 21 June 2019 at the age of 72. Christofias was the sixth president of the Republic of Cyprus (2008-2013), the first leftist to be elected at the highest office in Cyprus. Prior to that he was also the first communist president of the Cypriot House of Representatives (2001-2008).

By Danai Koltsida | 5 Jul 2019

What is at Stake on the 7th of July?

Greece is heading towards national elections on 7 July. What, as a result, will the future of Greece, the Greek working-class, and the left look like? – Much is at stake.

By Roland Kulke | 5 Jul 2019

Can We Control the Digital Revolution?

To understand the challenge the digital revolution poses to humanity, and hence to left and progressive actors, we must situate it in the wider political horizon of the current crisis of civilization.

By Walter Baier | 5 Jul 2019

Rosa Luxemburg: Utopian or Explorer?

Find here the second text of transform! europe's article series on Rosa Luxemburg on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her murder.

By Walter Baier | 5 Jul 2019

Rosa Luxemburg : utopiste ou exploratrice ?

Voici le deuxième texte de la série d'articles que transform! europe consacre à Rosa Luxembourg à l'occasion du 100e anniversaire de son assassinat.

4 Jul 2019

EU Top Jobs: Nominations Are a Slap in Voters’ Face

“With their nominations for the four senior EU roles, the Council of the heads of government of the EU member states, with Angela Merkel leading the way, did the EU a disservice and casually dropped the principle of appointing only the top candidate of a parliamentary group,”, says Martin Schirdewan, interim group chairman of DIE LINKE in the EP.

21 Jun 2019

Rosa Luxemburg: Utopistin oder Entdeckerin

21 Jun 2019

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.

17 Jun 2019

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.

13 Jun 2019

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.

By Jukka Pietiläinen | 11 Jun 2019

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.

By Amieke Bouma | 27 May 2019

Surprise Election Results In The Netherlands

The social democratic PvdA has come out as the surprise winner of the EP elections in the Netherlands. The left Socialist Party looses its two seats and the Party for the Animals looses one seat.

24 May 2019

EP Elections From A Left Perspective

Visit our page for the transform! election monitoring project from a left perspective.

By Antoine de Cabanes | 24 May 2019

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.

By Alexandre Bruzgalin | 24 May 2019

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, including Russia. The overwhelming electoral victory of Volodymyr Zelensky over Petro Poroshenko

By Kerem Schamberger | 23 May 2019

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.

By Tatiana Moutinho | 20 May 2019

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.

By Hilary Wainwright | 15 May 2019

‘In and against the European Union?’ An outline report on the Portuguese experience of an anti-austerity government in the EU, and its relevance to the UK.

Faced with the choice in Britain between a free-market, xenophobic Brexit and a neoliberal, exclusionary EU, it is useful to learn from the experience of a government that has succeeded in challenging neoliberal austerity from within the EU. In Portugal, just such a government is coming to the end of its four-year term. I went

13 May 2019

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.

By Holger Politt | 25 Apr 2019

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.

23 Apr 2019

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.

By Andrew Burgin, Kate Hudson | 19 Apr 2019

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 Conservative Party, David Cameron had

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