Europe

Shrinking – closing – no space: Governments across all continents villainize civil society actors. Where does their sense of threat emanate from?

Poland has elected its new government. Not a single left-wing party has made it through the elections. Director Irene Hahn-Fuhr comments the outcome of the Polish parliamentary elections from a European perspective.

The growth of contemporary European populism represents one of the most topical problems that liberal democratic states on the continent must face. To understand the nature of the success of populists on a general level and in individual countries, it is useful to examine the causes of this phenomenon during the period from the outbreak of the economic crisis to the present. The event is dedicated to a comparative analysis of individual European countries where populism in on the rise.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Green European Foundation (GEF), the Ecopolis Foundation and the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) cordially invite you to apply for the Congress of Young Europeans in Budapest.

We cordially invite you to the international conference titled "1989 Thinking Revolution in East-Central Europe", taking place 2-3 October 2014 in Villa Lanna, Prague (V sadech 1, Praha 6).

“This time it’s different!” announced a major mobilisation campaign by the European Parliament (EP). What was new about the elections to the European Union’s only directly elected institution were changes brought to the EP by the Lisbon Treaty – more competencies, but in particular a closer connection between the decision of European voters and filling the position of head of the European executive. The slogan “This time it’s different!” foreshadowed greater interest and thus also greater voter participation.