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Democracy and society

A roof, a right, a reckoning

Spain’s housing crisis has brought down the government. Now Pedro Sánchez wants to use this, of all things, to mobilise the left-wing electorate

By Valeska Hesse, Daniel Reichart

pa / APA-Images | Georg Hochmuth

Future of social democracy

Bye-bye Babler

From left-wing firebrand to pragmatic economist: Austria’s Social Democrats are changing course. But will a new leader be enough to revive the SPÖ?

By Barbara Tóth

picture alliance / imageBROKER | Moritz Wolf

Foreign and security policy

Europe is not losing the sanctions fight

It is undermining them itself

By Svitlana Romanko

picture alliance / SvenSimon | Malte Ossowski

Economy and ecology

Europe has an investment problem

Decades of underinvestment and regional disparities have left Europe divided. What is needed is a continent-wide investment strategy

By David Harrison

pa / Keystone | Urs Flueeler

Foreign and security policy

What does neutrality mean?

Swiss voters will decide this Sunday whether to put tighter limits on their foreign policy

By Christopher Forst

pa / TASS | Maxim Churusov

Democracy and society

Stagnation by design

Russia’s State Duma election reveals a regime wary of change. Yet its risk aversion should not be mistaken for weakness

By Alexey Yusupov

picture alliance / Anadolu | Yauhen Yerchak

Foreign and security policy

Can sanctions buy freedom?

Prisoner releases are reviving debates over whether engagement with Minsk can deliver meaningful change

By Artyom Shraibman

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Future of social democracy

Strong on security, weak on solidarity

A stronger Europe cannot be built on competitiveness alone. Von der Leyen’s agenda dangerously sidelines social cohesion

By Valentina Berndt

picture alliance / Westend61 | Wolfgang Weinhäupl

Future of social democracy

When a home becomes a privilege

Solving the housing crisis is not just social policy. It is democratic self-defence

By Sophie Martiné, Pietro Ventriglia, Lisa Pfann

picture alliance / PA Images | Gary Oakley

Democracy and society

The search for a ‘We’

The right has a definition. Social democracy is still struggling to find an answer. Andy Burnham could change that

By Nick Garland