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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

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Democracy and society

Ensnared by success

Lula’s policies have transformed Brazil, and with them, people’s expectations. Now the Left must find answers to these changing demands

By Jan Souverein

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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

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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

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Democracy and society

Experts call this normalisation

Four years of right-wing rule have shifted Sweden’s political centre. Can the left reverse the trend?

By Kristina Birke Daniels

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Democracy and society

What Alternative?

The far right’s election breakthrough in eastern Germany is about more than protest

By David Fleschen

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Democracy and society

If they’re too strong, you’re too weak

The Saxony-Anhalt election has once again shown that people vote for parties because they expect them to solve problems

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

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Democracy and society

Bernie and Mamdani did it, can the rest of the progressives?

The American left is focusing on social issues again. It must now prove that this approach will help it win back the working-class voters it has lost

By Justin Vassallo

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Democracy and society

Adiós sovereignty

After years of authoritarian rule, many Venezuelans see US control as a way out of political decay — making the new protectorate surprisingly stable

By Anja Dargatz

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Democracy and society

A defining moment for Albania

Three months of protests have turned a flamingo into an unlikely symbol of a much bigger fight

By Ditmir Bushati