Germany

Germany’s Die Linke: Another way of doing politics
Boris Kanzleiter — Die Linke’s successful campaign in East Berlin epitomizes the changes sweeping through the party.

Building up Germany’s Die Linke after the election
Thomas Goes — Die Linke has staged an impressive comeback, but even more is possible. Through anti-fascist and ecological class politics, it can become the strongest left-of-centre party.

To defeat the far-right surge in Germany, socialists must defend democracy
Thomas Goes — Building a broad, cross-party front is crucial to defeating the far-right surge in Germany.

European conservatives are at an inflection point
Natascha Strobl — Moving away from its historic role, conservatism is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from the far right.

Walden Bello — Fascism is at the gates. How should we counter it?
Walden Bello — Two recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now.

European elections: Who sows far right policies, reaps the far right
Miguel Urbán Crespo — The recent European elections have illustrated how adopting far-right policies can lead to an increase in far-right influence and representation across Europe.

After the 2024 European elections: Rightward shift with slight headwinds
Cornelia Hildebrandt — The few successes cannot conceal the continued defensive posture of leftist parties in Europe and the existential crisis faced by individual parties.

The resistible rise of the far right in Europe
NPA Anti-Fascist Commission — A relatively large number of far right parties are now on the winning side in national elections, and are even taking part in national governments.