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Summer University 2025 That’s a Wrap! EL Summer Uni lit up Paris 11–13 July. Watch the interventions & access materials online—co-organised by EL & transform! europe.

From 11–13 July 2025, Paris was alive with the Summer University of the European Left & transform! europe.

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Dessislava Mikova: Western Europe and Poland offer examples of advancing just transitions - Cross-border Talks In this interview, the Greenpeace Bulgaria expert discusses how - and whether - this process is making steps forward in Bulgaria, the obstacles it faces, and the inspiration that can be drawn from oth...

🎙the #greenpeace Bulgaria expert talks about her hope for decentralizing and diversifying energy production and consumption in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 as opposed to the shift from big coal to big solar. ☀️

Helsinki at 50: Cooperation or Crashing at Full Speed Conference in Helsinki (1975), from left to right Helmut Schmidt, Erich Honecker, Gerald Ford and Bruno Kreisky. Helsinki, KSZE-Konferenz, Schlussakte source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B...

🚨 Peace or peril?
Fifty years after the Helsinki Final Act, we face another crossroads. Will we choose cooperation—or crash at full speed, with catastrophic results?
🕊️ Walter Baier, EL President, reflects on the urgent lessons from 1975.
👉 Read more: www.european-left.org/helsinki-pea...

Peter Mertens’ Speech at the International Forum for Peace 2025 Peter Mertens (PVDA-PTB) calls for peace, social justice, and independence from U.S. military dominance — presented at the International Forum for Peace 2025 on June 23, on the eve of the NATO Summit.

@petermertens.bsky.social "The Trump norm is an attack on our social security, and our social achievements, and if we let them be destroyed, Trump has won.
A system that gives more money to tanks than to schools is decadent. More money for weapons: not in our name!"

📣 Out Now 😎 The Second Issue of Transform Review of Politics
Theme: 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬
www.transform.review

📚 Back in our 2018 Transform Review, we dedicated an entire chapter to this trend: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 – 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: transform-network.net/wp-content/u... DOWNLOAD & READ

In Czech Republic, the Chamber of Deputies has amended the Criminal Code to 𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. This is part of an ongoing effort by neoliberal & authoritarian elites in EU to revision history, equating communism with Nazism and fascism.

Europe at a Crossroads - transform!europe A Critical Assessment of the EU Economy Today

📚 a publication that critically assesses the economy of the EU.
🖋 by @Nadia Garbellini and Luca Lombardi, who provide a clear overview of the macroeconomic situation in the EU,
Download ⬇ and read it 🤓

Albania after the Elections: Old Powers Dominate, New Left Emerges - transform!europe What happened after “the new” was born? Following our pre-election interview with Jani Marka of Lëvizja BASHKË, this article examines the results of Albania’s elections – and why their breakthrough ma...

✍️by our comrade Jani Marka, who offers a concise analysis of the election results, the broader political landscape – and the remarkable entry of the democratic left (Lëvizja BASHKË), into parliament. 🇦🇱

Join us tomorrow for the last day of the Summer University!

Check out the programme here: www.european-left.org/event/2025-s...

Examples and concrete practices of left strategies were on debate in the 2nd workshop on strategic thinking, with valuable insights by Isabelle Vandré (Die Linke, Germany), Merlin Léonard (PTB-PVDA, Belgium), Yann Le Lann (transform! europe, France) and vivid discussion.
#elsu2025

The afternoon session just started!

This morning, Eleonora Forenza (Rifondazione Comunista, Italy), Danai Koltsida (transform! europe, Greece) and Janis Ehling (Die Linke, Germany) put forward theoretical aspects of left political thinking followed by an animated debate moderated by Cornelia Hildebrandt.
#elsu2025

Strategic questions faced by the left were the focus of two transform organised workshops at the European Left Summer University.

Join us today for a series of interesting plenaries and workshops!

👉 Check out the full programme here: www.european-left.org/event/2025-s...

🤓 Gavin Rae addressed the question which extent can military Keynesianism represent an economic boost, Nadia Garbellini reflected on who will profit from a war economy and Steffen Lehndorff pointed out the lack of a structured and comprehensive plan for the increase on arms and military spending.

War economy wokshop at the 2025 EL Summer University, organised by transform! europe.
#ELSU2025

2025 Summer University The European Left and transform! europe Summer University is a one-of-a-kind annual event, open to everyone. This year in Paris - see you there!

See the programme for Saturday and Sunday here:

👉 www.european-left.org/event/2025-s...

The 2025 European Left Summer University in Paris has just started!
Come and join us for important and fruitful debates ✊🏽.
#ELSU2025
📷 @malena.galoppo

Global March to Gaza: The Hidden Factor And A Renewed Repertoire of Action - transform!europe Vasileios Rongas, a Greek participant in the Global March to Gaza, explores how the initiative can be considered a political success despite failing to reach its destination.

Read what #MarchToGaza was all about from an insider ✊🏽✍️🇵🇸
Vasileios Rongas from 🗞 𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐡𝐢.𝐠𝐫 explores how the initiative can be considered a political success despite failing to reach its destination.
#FreePalestine #mtg #FreedomFlotilla #solidarity #GlobalSolidarity

The programme 📜 of the #SummerUniversity ✊🏽🎓🚩⛱ of Transform! europe & the Party of ‪@european-left.bsky.social in 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 😎

🔗https://www.european-left.org/event/2025-summer-university/

No NATO War Summit! - transform!europe No NATO war summit! Counter-Summit Coalition calls for peace and justice

📣 A broad coalition of organisations & activists is coming together as the 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞✊🌍
📍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 🇳🇱
🗓 𝟐𝟏–𝟐𝟐 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞
🕊️ We’ll raise our voices loud and clear —
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎.
Join the 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭!
#NoToNATO #PeaceAndJustice

☀️ Summer University 2025 in Paris!
📍 July 11–13 | PCF HQ
Theme: Peace ☮️ Planet 🌍People 👩🏽👷🏽
🏨 Hotel rooms (first come, first served) & 🕒 day guest spots available 😎
Register by June 30!
🔗 elsummeruni.aidaform.com/el-summer-un...
#SummerUniversity2025 #ELSU25

In un'epoca in cui il risentimento sembra essere l'emozione politica dominante nelle nostre società, le persone che hanno a cuore qualcosa di più della propria pelle diventano fonte di irritazione. Non solo per i potenti, ma anche per gli impotenti.

Greta Thunberg, Youth Radicalism, and Emotion in Politics transform!’s facilitator Angelina Giannopoulou reflects on Greta Thunberg, youth radicalism, and why emotion and solidarity matter in today’s political struggles.

The following article, written just before the raid on the #madleen, explores the attacks against #GretaThunberg as a symbolic figure of resistance — and how she has come to embody a broader awakening and political radicalization among youth across the globe.

Poland’s Rightward Turn: Nawrocki Wins Presidency Karol Nawrocki’s victory marks a hard-right turn in Polish politics, destabilises the KO-led government, and raises key questions for the future of the Polish Left.

✒ Gavin Rae from @naprzod.bsky.social gives us an in-depth analysis of the developments that brought the result of the presidential elections in Poland 🇵🇱
🔹a far-right king-maker
🔹divided personalities
🔹right-wing alliance
🔹changing strategy of PiS
🔹international alliances
🔻Where Now for the Left?

Assessing SYRIZA’s Trajectory - transform!europe A critical overview of SYRIZA’s rise, governance, and decline, based on the 3-day conference in May organised by Epohi newspaper in Athens – featuring pluralist perspectives and key political reflecti...

😎 Find out what happened at the conference organised by Epohi newspaper in Athens 🇬🇷 on SYRIZA's trajectory!
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐤𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞—𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

🔗 transform-network.net/solidarity-d...

🚨 The first issue of 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 – 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 is out now! 🚨
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