This analysis, originally published on Jacobin.com, examines Ireland’s new president Catherine Connolly and the significance of her resounding victory for the Irish Left. The post Ireland’s Presidential Election Was a Left-Wing Landslide appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
A year after the canopy collapse at Novi Sad’s railway station killed sixteen people, Serbia’s student-led anti-regime movement is still demanding accountability – despite escalating institutional and physical repression. The post From Grief to Resistance: One Year On, How Students Sustained Serbia’s Broadest Protest Movement appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
At its annual meeting in Vienna, the network assessed a year of transition, welcomed new members, and discussed how to strengthen collaboration, research, and political strategy for the years ahead. The post Looking Ahead: Insights from the 2025 transform! General Assembly appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Report featuring Ulrich Brand’s lecture Capitalism at the Limit: Contested Projects to Overcome the Multiple Crises and the Role of the Left, held on 1 October, on the eve of the transform! europe 2025 General Assembly. On October 1st, in an audience of approximately forty people, Professor Ulrich Brand from the University of Vienna delivered The post Against the Imperial Mode of Living and Beyond Capital’s Eco-Imperial Tensions appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Following the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, voices from Palestine and Israel, gathered by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, reflect on pain, hope, and what lies ahead. The post The Ceasefire in Gaza: Voices from Israel and Palestine appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Osama Zatar and Inbal Volpo from the Vienna Art Collective OneState Embassy reflect on their journeys from Israel and Palestine to Vienna, about how collaborative art and activism can open spaces for dialogue across the divides of Palestine and Israel. The post Art Beyond Borders appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Less than five months after the parliamentary elections, Portugal’s municipal vote revealed an entrenched two-party system, a setback for the far right, and new challenges for the left. The post Portuguese Municipal Elections: An Inexorable Drift to the Right? appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Despite earlier successes in European and regional elections, the Czech left failed once again to re-enter parliament. The STAČILO! coalition missed the 5% threshold, leaving the political landscape firmly dominated by the right-wing populist ANO, led by former prime minister Andrej Babiš. The post Czech Elections 2025: Once Again, the Left Fails to Enter Parliament appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
Seventeen years after the palace’s fall, Nepal’s fragile republic faces another reckoning. The September uprising revealed a generation’s anger and the unfulfilled promises of democracy. The post Nepal’s Republic in Crisis: After the Streets Erupted appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
The EU’s next long-term budget will shape Europe until 2034. Katy Wiese from the European Environmental Bureau argues that the current proposal risks deepening austerity and inequality instead of leading towards a fair, just, and democratic future. The post The EU Budget After 2027: What Kind of Europe Are We Building? appeared first on transform!europe.| transform!europe
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Left Alliance VAS achieved a historic victory driven by its highly popular top candidate Li Andersson. Right-wing populist party The Finns, which governs Finland in coalition, saw its vote share reduced by half.| transform!europe
