Democracy and society | 02.06.2023 Shouldn’t a protest movement led by unions be benefiting the left? Imperilled by Macron’s diktats and threatened by left wing chaos, France’s far right is managing to present itself as the defender of democracy
Amid nothing going right, Austrians lean far-left By focusing on former non-voters, the Communist Party has gained considerably in recent elections. The Social Democrats should draw their lessons
The cost of freedom When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democratic
Til politics do us part A decade after civil unions, Italy still doesn’t allow same-sex marriage — a sign of a political system unable to keep pace with its own society