Europe

Workers assemble solar panels at a factory of Jiangsu DMEGC New Energy Co. in Suqian, China, 22 July 2025. Photo: IMAGO / VCG

Philipp Köncke looks at how the Chinese party-state overtook the West in the renewable energy market.

Bjarke Friborg (Red-Green Alliance, Denmark): ‘There is no contradiction between military support for Ukraine and criticising NATO and the arms industry’

Bjarke Friborg discusses his recent visit to Ukraine and why the Nordic left is making great strides in its thinking on issues of popular defence and security in Europe.

Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Store and his wife Marit Slagsvold vote in the 2025 General Election at Uranienborg School in Oslo.

Norway election: Labour narrowly holds on to power amid uncertainty

Ellen Engelstad — In the end the left bloc won the election, but the vote has delivered a far less convincing mandate for change than the previous one

Ukraine must receive all it needs to win a just peace! European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine statement and petition

European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine — After Trump’s “summits” with Putin and European leaders, Ukraine confronts the immediate prospect of an unjust “peace” settlement that rewards the Russian aggressor.

Challenging the EU’s deadly partnership with Israel

Marc Botenga on how Europe’s inaction on Gaza amounts to legal and moral complicity.

As Nawrocki becomes Polish president, grievances with Ukraine resurface: Why history still divides Warsaw and Kyiv?

Andrea Braschayko, Francesco Brusa and Szymon Martys look at the visible intensification of debates around the painful legacy of Polish-Ukrainian historical relations.

‘There’s a broad majority of the European people who understand that the EU has the power to stop the genocide’

Interview with Catarina Martins, co-chair of the European Left Alliance.

Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana (Britain): ‘It’s time for a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you.’

Two prominent left-wing British MPs, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, have issued a joint statement to announce they are setting up a new party.

Britain: A new left party emerges?

A new left party is on the cards, but it is unclear what is going on behind the scenes. Simon Hannah looks at the bigger issues a new party needs to address.