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By Stefano Galieni | 9 Apr 2022

European Anti-War Forum: Building a Peaceful and Welcoming Europe

To create a cooperation of peace-loving European organisations and individuals, capable of considering war, any war, as unjustifiable, this was the aim of those who gathered on Sunday 3 April in Rome, representing political powers from various countries.

8 Apr 2022

Antigypsyist Online Hate Speech

On the occasion of today's International Roma Day, the ERGO Network, an NGO consisting of more than 30 Roma and pro-Roma organisation from all over Europe, provides a report on Antigypsyist online hate speech in 10 European countries.

By Cornelia Hildebrandt | 7 Apr 2022

Notes on Historical Revisionism in the European Union

Germany’s special historical responsibility is repeatedly reaffirmed, but at the same time interpreted in a new way – specifically now in the context of the war in Ukraine. Among those who call for German leadership, many like former German President Gauck are reinterpreting history at the European level in terms of the totalitarianism thesis.

By Roland Kulke | 30 Mar 2022

Study on the National Recovery and Resilience Plans of Selected EU Member States

Roland Kulke provides an overview of a research study commissioned by transform! europe which analyses the measures to offset the financial impact of the Covid19 crisis in 11 EU Member States for the years 2020 and 2021.

15 Mar 2022

Manifesto for a Green, Just and Democratic European Economy

transform! europe, together with more than 270 civil society organisations, academics, and other think tanks from all 27 EU Member States, is issuing the Manifesto for a Green, Just, and Democratic European Economy, calling for fundamental change of the EU’s Economic Governance Framework.

25 Feb 2022

Stop the War! An Appeal for a Europe of Peace

#peacemanifesto Please find below translations in: Russian Ukrainian Catalan (translated by transform! europe’s member organisation Fundació L´alternativa) Czech (translated by transform! europe’s media partner !Argument) Danish Hungarian (translated by transform! europe’s media partner BALMIX – magyar transform!) Italian (translated by transform! europe’s member organisation transform! Italia) transform! europe condemns the attack that Russia, under the governance of Vladimir Putin, has launched against Ukraine.

25 Feb 2022

Press Release: Stop the War! An Appeal for a Europe of Peace

transform! europe is issuing a Peace Manifesto advocating for an end of the Russian attack on Ukraine, peace and a deeper understanding of the current conflict.

By Kieran Pradeep | 21 Feb 2022

Europeans Are Demanding the Right To Clean, Affordable Energy

This year’s Energy Poverty Action Week is taking place from 21 to 25 February to build momentum across Europe to demand clean, affordable energy for all.

By Attila Antal, Tamás Krausz | 17 Feb 2022

Without a Left Alternative, Resistance Channels Behind the Far Right

Tamás Krausz, founding editor of the periodical Eszmélet (Consciousness), a Hungarian journal for social critique and culture, talks to Attila Antal, editor-in-chief of Eszmélet.

By Arthur Garrel | 4 Feb 2022

The French Background of Macron’s European Agenda

The French President’s vision for Europe, often hailed as ambitious and progressive, is seemingly at odds with his conventional neoliberal domestic policies. However, behind this discrepancy lies a coherent strategy which is key to his reelection.

25 Jan 2022

Russia/Ukraine – De-Escalation and Dialogue Are The Only Way Forward

The Left is calling on EU leaders to work to avoid further escalation and confrontation with Russia and pursue a policy of immediate reconciliation in order to avert war and guarantee security in Europe.

24 Jan 2022

Sira Rego (The Left): “¡Arriba las que luchan!”

‘To those who fight!’ (”¡Arriba las que luchan!”), MEP Sira Rego (Izquierda Unida, Spain) said on 18 January in the plenary of the European Parliament (EP). Following the death of David Sassoli, the EP turned to the election of a new president. The Left’s candidate was Rego. Read her plenary speech in full.

By Jon Rodríguez Forrest | 21 Jan 2022

The Grand Coalition Lives on in Brussels

The European Parliament elects anti-abortion MEP Roberta Metsola as president.

21 Jan 2022

On the Death of President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

The co-presidents of transform! europe published the following letter of condolence.

20 Jan 2022

The Left MEP Dimitrios Papadimoulis Re-Elected as Vice-President

Dimitris Papadimoulis, head of the Syriza-PS Eurogroup, succeeded in being re-elected as Vice-President for the fourth time in a row.

20 Jan 2022

The Left MEP Dimitrios Papadimoulis Re-Elected as Vice President

Dimitris Papadimoulis (Syriza, Greece) succeeded in being re-elected as Vice President for the fourth time in a row.

17 Dec 2021

European Forum 2021 – Videos and Recordings

Get an overview on the discussions at the 2021 European Forum, a unique space where the left, greens and progressives can come together and discuss on ways to built another future for Europe.

By Michael Hollogschwandtner | 15 Dec 2021

Assessing the European Social Fund in the Fight Against Poverty (2014-2020)

This study, commissioned by the Left in the European Parliament, aims to draw lessons from the application of the European Social Fund (ESF+) during the period of 2014-2020 in regards to its goal of combating poverty.

10 Dec 2021

Left Nominates Sira Rego for Parliament’s Presidency

The Left will put forward Sira Rego MEP (Izquierda Unida, Spain) as its candidate for President of the European Parliament in the midterm elections in January 2022.

9 Dec 2021

Final Declaration of the 5th European Forum of Left, Green and Progressive Forces

The crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 across the planet, in fact, has revealed all the contradictions, limitations and deficiencies of a neoliberal, predatory and unsupportive model of society, which is unable to cope with such a profound challenge like the consequences of a Pandemic, which has ravaged the world for almost two years.

By Dagmar Švendová, Giuseppe Celi, Tatiana Moutinho, Valentina Petrović, Veronika Sušová-Salminen | 26 Nov 2021

Hundred Shades of the EU – Mapping the Political Economy of the EU Peripheries

“Hundred shades of the EU – Mapping the Political Economy of the EU Peripheries”, is a title of the research study, conducted by transform! europe with the support of the Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation that aims at characterizing at the socio-economic, political, and cultural levels the current existing peripheries within the European Union.

By Jan Kavan | 20 Nov 2021

Jan Kavan: Not giving in to pressure from the powerful inspires respect, giving unwanted lessons makes us ridiculous

Czechia should be firmly entrenched in the EU, but the EU must change. Into a united, just and prosperous Europe. Czechia can also find a new, unique role in it. If we can use historical experience and learn to resolve disputes by an agreement, we can become mediators and peacekeepers in a number of conflicts.

By Cornelia Hildebrandt, Marga Ferre | 29 Oct 2021

Left Proposals are Not Enough, We Need Strategies to Enforce Them

An analysis by transform! europe's Co-Presidents Marga Ferré and Cornelia Hildebrandt.

By Gavin Rae | 21 Oct 2021

The Victims on Europe’s Eastern Borders

A humanitarian emergency is once again developing on the European Union’s borders: Refugees find themselves trapped between Poland and Belarus as Polish government takes increasingly aggressive action and even declared the state of emergency in two of its regions.

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