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The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation produces a wide range of studies in the context of elections: election night reports on important state, federal, and European elections, and analysis of programmes, campaigns, and results worldwide, particularly with regard to left-wing parties and governments.

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On the back burner: The Hungarian left and the 2026 elections

: News 14.04.2026

Who exactly is on the Hungarian left, and what can they hope for?

How to Build Municipal Socialism in New York City

: Analysis 27.03.2026

Lessons from Abroad for Building Worker Power in New York. By Thabo Huntgeburth

Denmark’s Election: Blurring Political Differences

: Analysis 23.03.2026

On 24 March, Denmark goes to the polls in an early election that could reshape the Nordic country’s…

Orbán’s challenger: a historic opportunity for Hungary or a technocratic mess?

: Analysis 13.03.2026

In the upcoming election, the Hungarian Prime Minister faces a strong challenger. But what does…

Japan Swings Right

: Analysis 18.02.2026

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has won a landslide victory. What will the consequences be?

Big Show of Unity

: Analysis 10.02.2026

The Vietnamese Communist Party Congress sets ambitious economic goals

Bangladesh at a Crossroads

: Analysis 10.02.2026

The general election next week will be pivotal in deciding the country’s political future

Portugal’s Le Pen Moment

: Analysis 26.01.2026

As the political centre crumbles, the far right is filling the vacuum

Czechia’s Rightward March

: Analysis 20.01.2026

Andrej Babiš is forging an alliance with the far right

Big Stakes in the Big Apple

: Analysis 12.01.2026

What 2026 will mean for Zohran Mamdani and his agenda

Trump’s Ineffectual Opposition

: Analysis 12.01.2026

After losing the election, the Democrats simply carried on as they had before — now, only the Left…

Whose Party Is It?

: Analysis 08.01.2026

The tumultuous founding of Your Party raises fundamental questions about socialist strategy in the…

Trump’s Empire of Oligarchy

: Page

This time around, Trump and his allies seek to consolidate their power in a more fundamental way.

Who Is José Antonio Kast?

: Comment 18.12.2025

Chile’s new president is, among other things, an admirer of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship

Claudia Sheinbaum Keeps On Winning

: Analysis 17.12.2025

Mexico’s president has done almost everything right in her first year in office

Campaigning in the Shadow of Unrest

: Analysis 16.12.2025

The result of Uganda’s upcoming election is a foregone conclusion. But what happens after?

“It’s Morally Depraved”

: Interview 12.11.2025

Die Linke MP Cansın Köktürk on the German government’s cuts to the welfare state

Is Chile About to Veer to the Right?

: Analysis 07.11.2025

The country’s left-wing minority government faces potential defeat in the upcoming elections

Socialism in the USA

: Studies 11/2025

A historical comparison of the Debsian Socialist Party of America and the new Democratic Socialists…

Zohran Mamdani Is New York’s New Socialist Mayor

: Comment 05.11.2025

A member of the Democratic Socialists of America is set to govern the largest city in the US

Does Saxony-Anhalt Show Germany’s Future?

: Analysis 04.11.2025

State parliamentary elections next year could see the far right become the dominant political force

Neoliberalism Returns to Bolivia

: Analysis 08.10.2025

The upcoming run-off election will see voters choose between two right-wing platforms

Fear Was the Real Winner in Moldova’s Elections

: Analysis 02.10.2025

With geopolitical concerns dominating national politics, substantive debate and meaningful…

How Austerity Boosts the Alternative für Deutschland

: Analysis 01.10.2025

A radicalized conservatism in power is encouraging the continued rise of the far right

Guns or Butter?

: Essay 01.10.2025

How the German government is trying to reboot the economy with military spending

Germany’s Welfare State Is Under Attack

: Analysis 29.09.2025

Die Linke co-chair Ines Schwerdtner on the rearmament budget and the end of the German economic…

Nepal’s Gen Z Protests Struck a Nerve

: Analysis 26.09.2025

How the youth uprising sparked a profound political crisis in the Himalayan nation

The Principle of Hope and the Future of Die Linke

: Essay 26.08.2025

How the German Left can catalyse broader alliances for social and ecological transformation

The Dutch Left Is Still Adrift

: Analysis 11.08.2025

With general elections only months away, the Left in the Netherlands is stuck in a rut

The Art of Command

: Analysis 29.07.2025

How Uganda’s General Muhoozi is adopting the Donald Trump approach to power

Tanzania on the Road to Dictatorship?

: Analysis 17.07.2025

Facing an election for the first time this autumn, President Samia Hassan has grown increasingly…

We Need a Totally Different Europe

: Comment 11.07.2025

Peter Mertens on why only the European working class can change Europe