Europe
The European Union is in its deepest crisis since its founding. Neoliberal measures are being imposed in an authoritarian manner, and democracy is being suspended. The EU is drifting apart, marked most dramatically by the departure of Great Britain, once a core member of the Union. As a result of Europe’s crisis of representation, a radical Right and a new authoritarianism are spreading. But there are also new awakenings from the Left: feminist struggles from Poland or Spain to Ireland, movements against austerity and for real democracy, renewed momentum for new and old left-wing parties, and the apparent renewal of social democracy in Britain.
Left governments are fighting for concrete improvements and a new style of politics, such as in Portugal, or the new municipalism emerging in communities from Barcelona to Berlin. And for many refugees along the EU’s militarized borders, Europe continues to stand for hope. The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation supports left-wing movements and parties, connects experiences across borders, and helps to initiate transnational campaigns. We analyse developments in Europe and its Left, and holds debates on strategies for re-founding the European Union to keep a European perspective open. Our political education clarifies the causes and perspectives of the European crisis and shows how progressive parties and movements can organize themselves, and how campaigns work. Yet our work is not only within the EU, because Europe is much bigger than the Union’s member-states. The foundation has built up an extensive network of partner organizations with its European offices, whether in Brussels or Moscow, Warsaw or Madrid, Belgrade or Athens.
