Left-wing parties and movements across Europe employing anti-globalisation and anti-EU rhetoric are on the increase. In Germany, the new left movement Aufstehen has joined the trend.
The Gilets Jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strongman stance.
Si los lideran los ciudadanos, como en Irlanda, los referendos enriquecen la democracia. Pero ¿qué ocurre si los lideran las élites políticas, como en el Reino Unido o en Colombia? English
This kind of explicit attack, unfortunately familiar in the wider European context we belong to, is something very recent on the Spanish political scene.
For decades, radical right-wing populism has been accompanied by a narrative warning of the fundamental threat these parties pose to liberal democracy. The effect has been close to zero.
If elected in free elections, the usurpers of power are usually democratic leaders. But they end up tampering with constitutional or electoral tools to increase their personal power. Español.
We need to change minds with a positive message like DIEM25’s proposal of a European Green New Deal.
How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?
A menos de 70 días de que se cumpla el plazo para el Brexit, la incertidumbre crece en medio de especulaciones y apuestas sobre el futuro de los británicos en Europa y el mundo.
Los usurpadores de poder suelen ser democráticos si han sido elegidos en elecciones libres. Sin embargo, terminan manipulando los instrumentos constitucionales o electorales para aumentar su poder personal. English.
Call to engage in a continent-wide democratic debate on the deep crisis facing the European Union and how to overcome it.
Read the newspapers, listen to the TV “debates” and see the WhatsApp-trained ignorant armies clash day and night.
