Economy and ecology | 22.08.2022 The global struggle against inflation Do energy shields, taxing windfall profits, or price caps protect people effectively from inflation? We report from Latvia, France, and Tanzania
Democracy and society | 10.06.2022 Is the Left back to stay in France? The legislative elections might see a united French left under Mélenchon as Macron's strongest rival. But many question the role of the radical [...]
Interviews | 13.04.2022 ‘For Europe, Le Pen as president would be a tragedy’ France’s presidential elections will see a repeat of the 2017 run-off between Macron and Le Pen. Thomas Manz on how this time is different
Democracy and society | 24.09.2021 Views from abroad: the German elections The upcoming German elections are perhaps the most hotly contested in over a decade. But how are they perceived in Warsaw, Paris, and Kyiv?
Future of social democracy | 24.09.2020 Can Macron's 'France Relance' rebuild the country? France’s unprecedented recovery plans are ambitious on industry and enviroment but risk to widen the social divide
Interviews | 30.06.2020 'The strength of a united left-wing camp' Thomas Manz in Paris on why France's 'green wave' represents a triumph of left-wing unity — and not just the Greens
Global | 07.04.2020 Global quarantine IV Macron reconsiders the value of public goods. In Ecuador and South Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic hits the most vulnerable
Latin America | 01.11.2018 Bolsonaro: the end of Brazilian democracy? Brazil now has the most extremist president of any democratic nation. What this means for the country
Latin America | 21.08.2018 The Brazilian Trump How Jair Messias Bolsonaro is preparing a grab for power with support from business, evangelicals and the military
Latin America | 06.04.2018 Social programmes, not soldiers, are what's needed in Brazil Brazil’s President has put the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro. Is this an attempt to deflect attention from the nation’s wider problems?
Japan’s feminist reckoning In World War II, the Japanese Army forced women and girls into sexual slavery. With ‘Me too’ gaining momentum, it’s time to reckon with the past
The hope of the Dutch left Frans Timmermans is running for Dutch prime minister. Can the former vice-president of the EU Commission lead his left-wing alliance to victory?
Democracy to the rescue Politics might be broken, but it’s certainly not irreparable — and democracy has the tools to fix it