Green European Journal
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Europe's leading political ecology magazine, in print and online.
🏳️🌈Hungary has intensified its crackdown on Pride. Prosecutors charged Budapest’s opposition mayor Gergely Karácsony for organising last June’s Pride despite a police ban. The ban aimed to divide society and weaken opponents, but it failed. Will Fidesz’s miscalculation affect the next election?
The Anti-Orbán Pride: An Election Prelude
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary vote, Budapest’s largest-ever pro-LGBTQ+ march offers a glimpse into the uncertainty of Hungary’s polarised politics.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🏳️🌈Hungary has intensified its crackdown on Pride. Prosecutors charged Budapest’s opposition mayor Gergely Karácsony for organising last June’s Pride despite a police ban. The ban aimed to divide society and weaken opponents, but it failed. Will Fidesz’s miscalculation affect the next election?
The mass protests that forced Bulgaria's prime minister to step down are a positive step towards active participation, but rebuilding mutual trust between society and state institutions is only possible through durable democratic practices.
The Tipping Point of Bulgaria’s Democracy?
Rebuilding mutual trust between society and state institutions in Bulgaria is only possible through durable democratic practices.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The mass protests that forced Bulgaria's prime minister to step down are a positive step towards active participation, but rebuilding mutual trust between society and state institutions is only possible through durable democratic practices.
What role can the EU play when the transatlantic alliance is faltering, authoritarianism is rising, and liberal democracy is under pressure? We asked this question of Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsky, who has lived on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
What role can the EU play when the transatlantic alliance is faltering, authoritarianism is rising, and liberal democracy is under pressure? We asked this question of Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsky, who has lived on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Unlike AI, humans have the ability to create what did not exist before. Still, we are increasingly delegating our thoughts and creative endeavours to machines. What are the implications for our freedom? Nina George tackles this question in her essay.
The Future of Creativity
As AI’s reach expands into ever farther corners of our lives, we risk losing our freedom and ability to create.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Unlike AI, humans have the ability to create what did not exist before. Still, we are increasingly delegating our thoughts and creative endeavours to machines. What are the implications for our freedom? Nina George tackles this question in her essay.
The notorious precarity of journalism has led to a less obvious problem: the profession has become exclusive to those who can endure years of poor pay. Can it be made more accessible and diverse?
✍️ @francesca-b.bsky.social
✍️ @francesca-b.bsky.social
Journalism, a Bourgeois Profession?
Widespread precarity and poor pay mean that journalists require significant resources, heightening the risk of class bias.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The notorious precarity of journalism has led to a less obvious problem: the profession has become exclusive to those who can endure years of poor pay. Can it be made more accessible and diverse?
✍️ @francesca-b.bsky.social
✍️ @francesca-b.bsky.social
🖼️Can arts and culture help reorient collective goals towards more sustainable futures? The answer may lie in how culture shapes the direction of economies.
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🖼️Can arts and culture help reorient collective goals towards more sustainable futures? The answer may lie in how culture shapes the direction of economies.
International law is under attack from Ukraine to Gaza to Venezuela. 🌍 As Benjamin Joyeux writes, “violence betrays the short-termism and powerlessness of those who resort to it.” Europe must champion a ‘’new’’ paradigm based on peace and non-violence.
Only Non-Violence Can Save International Law
In response to the autocrats of the world, Europe should champion a path of non-violent diplomacy.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
International law is under attack from Ukraine to Gaza to Venezuela. 🌍 As Benjamin Joyeux writes, “violence betrays the short-termism and powerlessness of those who resort to it.” Europe must champion a ‘’new’’ paradigm based on peace and non-violence.
🌱The Green Party of England and Wales’s membership has soared, now surpassing both Conservatives and Lib Dems. The surge is a result of decades of grassroots work, coupled with Zack Polanski’s successful campaign. Can this momentum reshape UK politics?
More Than Just Polanski: The Green Surge in England and Wales
Can the Green Party of England and Wales sustain its recent successes and change the UK’s political landscape?
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January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🌱The Green Party of England and Wales’s membership has soared, now surpassing both Conservatives and Lib Dems. The surge is a result of decades of grassroots work, coupled with Zack Polanski’s successful campaign. Can this momentum reshape UK politics?
Far-right movements are capturing European culture, but “artivists” are fighting back. From Planète Boum Boum’s techno-activism in Paris to El Sistema’s music education in Greek refugee camps, they’re reclaiming culture as a space for democratic resistance. ✍️Sedera Ranaivoarinosy
Partying to Protest: Are Artivists Reigniting Political Engagement?
While far-right movements seek to capture cultural production, “artivists” are reclaiming culture as a space to promote solidarity and inclusion.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Far-right movements are capturing European culture, but “artivists” are fighting back. From Planète Boum Boum’s techno-activism in Paris to El Sistema’s music education in Greek refugee camps, they’re reclaiming culture as a space for democratic resistance. ✍️Sedera Ranaivoarinosy
🎨Creative Europe funding supports thousands of artists, but stricter greening requirements raise a question: are environmental priorities helping the cultural sector or adding another burden?
✍️Ena Hodžić
✍️Ena Hodžić
How Are Green Imperatives Affecting Creativity?
Creative Europe funding represents a lifeline for many artists and creatives, but it comes with strings attached such as greening requirements.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
🎨Creative Europe funding supports thousands of artists, but stricter greening requirements raise a question: are environmental priorities helping the cultural sector or adding another burden?
✍️Ena Hodžić
✍️Ena Hodžić
Democracy and autocracy cannot coexist. As Orwell warned: “The two creeds cannot even, for any length of time, live side by side.” The EU faces a choice: lead an alliance of democracies or watch the world order slip towards autocracy.
✍️Sam van der Staak
✍️Sam van der Staak
Europe, Stand Up For Democracy Worldwide
The European Union cannot ward off domestic and foreign threats without promoting democracy worldwide.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Democracy and autocracy cannot coexist. As Orwell warned: “The two creeds cannot even, for any length of time, live side by side.” The EU faces a choice: lead an alliance of democracies or watch the world order slip towards autocracy.
✍️Sam van der Staak
✍️Sam van der Staak
In 2025, Lithuanian artists forced a culture minister’s resignation through nationwide protest and a shared musical performance. This echoed a Baltic tradition where song, art, and ritual defended freedom under occupation.
✍️Agnese Logina
✍️Agnese Logina
Imagination as Resistance in the Baltics
The Baltic states have a robust tradition of cultural resistance that continues to influence politics and society to this day.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
In 2025, Lithuanian artists forced a culture minister’s resignation through nationwide protest and a shared musical performance. This echoed a Baltic tradition where song, art, and ritual defended freedom under occupation.
✍️Agnese Logina
✍️Agnese Logina
For 35 years, culture has been primarily valued as a driver of economic growth. But the promise that the “creative industries” would replace factory jobs has collapsed. Today, six large corporations dominate cultural production.
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
For 35 years, culture has been primarily valued as a driver of economic growth. But the promise that the “creative industries” would replace factory jobs has collapsed. Today, six large corporations dominate cultural production.
In the Netherlands, the disappointing result in October’s elections is casting doubts on the GreenLeft-Labour merger before it has even been completed. But all is not lost, says political scientist Simon Otjes
What Went Wrong for the GreenLeft-Labour Alliance?
As the two parties prepare for a full merger in 2026, their future prospects remain uncertain.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In the Netherlands, the disappointing result in October’s elections is casting doubts on the GreenLeft-Labour merger before it has even been completed. But all is not lost, says political scientist Simon Otjes
🛡️ The new European Democracy Shield acknowledges engagement-based algorithms pose a systemic risk to democracy – yet the Commission chooses to do nothing about it.
Green MEP Alexandra Geese explains why this matters and what Europe should do instead👇
Green MEP Alexandra Geese explains why this matters and what Europe should do instead👇
A Shield Without a Sword
While it acknowledges the systemic risk Europe faces, the Democracy Shield falls short of addressing its root causes
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December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🛡️ The new European Democracy Shield acknowledges engagement-based algorithms pose a systemic risk to democracy – yet the Commission chooses to do nothing about it.
Green MEP Alexandra Geese explains why this matters and what Europe should do instead👇
Green MEP Alexandra Geese explains why this matters and what Europe should do instead👇
Central bank independence is under attack from the populist right, but defending it can’t mean ignoring policy failures. Better coordination between monetary and fiscal policy is needed to pursue democratic objectives.
Full analysis👇
Full analysis👇
Why Europe Must Rethink Central Bank Independence
Protecting its independence from the populist right attacks requires greater accountability and closer alignment with long-term economic and climate goals.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Central bank independence is under attack from the populist right, but defending it can’t mean ignoring policy failures. Better coordination between monetary and fiscal policy is needed to pursue democratic objectives.
Full analysis👇
Full analysis👇
Since 2014 the Hungarian government has installed more than 2000 memorials across the country. This state funded campaign seeks to recast national memory and present the ruling Fidesz party in a favourable light. 🪡
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Since 2014 the Hungarian government has installed more than 2000 memorials across the country. This state funded campaign seeks to recast national memory and present the ruling Fidesz party in a favourable light. 🪡
Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure, is here!✨
Our winter edition examines how culture shapes democracy, delves into the far right’s attacks on artistic freedom, and presents new visions for cultural policy that prioritise public value over profit.
Our winter edition examines how culture shapes democracy, delves into the far right’s attacks on artistic freedom, and presents new visions for cultural policy that prioritise public value over profit.
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure, is here!✨
Our winter edition examines how culture shapes democracy, delves into the far right’s attacks on artistic freedom, and presents new visions for cultural policy that prioritise public value over profit.
Our winter edition examines how culture shapes democracy, delves into the far right’s attacks on artistic freedom, and presents new visions for cultural policy that prioritise public value over profit.
In Russia’s war on Ukraine, destruction and reconstruction happen simultaneously. Cultural heritage, once erased by Russia’s imperialism, is being recovered. Recovery requires “constant witnessing and addressing destruction on multiple levels.” Resistance is also epistemic.
Learning by Erasure: Culture, Resistance, and Recovery in Ukraine
Kateryna Botanova on rediscovering connections through war and destruction.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In Russia’s war on Ukraine, destruction and reconstruction happen simultaneously. Cultural heritage, once erased by Russia’s imperialism, is being recovered. Recovery requires “constant witnessing and addressing destruction on multiple levels.” Resistance is also epistemic.
Join us in Lisbon on 4 December for the launch of our Winter edition. Arts and culture help us imagine alternative futures, yet they face defunding, political pressure, and AI extraction. We will explore these challenges and ways to fight back.
All info👇
All info👇
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join us in Lisbon on 4 December for the launch of our Winter edition. Arts and culture help us imagine alternative futures, yet they face defunding, political pressure, and AI extraction. We will explore these challenges and ways to fight back.
All info👇
All info👇
Gold mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon is poisoning rivers, uprooting trees, and menacing Indigenous lives. But Kichwa women from the community of Serena have chosen to organise and resist. They created Yuturi Warmi, Ecuador’s first women-led Indigenous guard, to block miners from entering their land👇
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gold mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon is poisoning rivers, uprooting trees, and menacing Indigenous lives. But Kichwa women from the community of Serena have chosen to organise and resist. They created Yuturi Warmi, Ecuador’s first women-led Indigenous guard, to block miners from entering their land👇
Extreme weather is hitting harder every year, and the cost of damage is pushing governments to shift responsibility onto private insurers. In Italy and Greece, soaring premiums and shrinking coverage leave households and businesses exposed. Read the full investigation 👇
Boosted By Floods: Private Insurance in the Climate Emergency
With premiums soaring and companies refusing to cover at-risk areas, buying climate-related insurance has become a challenge for businesses and households.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Extreme weather is hitting harder every year, and the cost of damage is pushing governments to shift responsibility onto private insurers. In Italy and Greece, soaring premiums and shrinking coverage leave households and businesses exposed. Read the full investigation 👇
Today, Spain marks fifty years since Francisco Franco’s death. With polls showing that more than 21 per cent of Spaniards still view his era positively, a deep divide remains unresolved. Read Bianca Carrera on the incomplete transition from dictatorship👇
Spain’s Unresolved Past
Fifty years after the death of the dictator, experts are split over how to educate younger generations about the legacy his ideology left.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Today, Spain marks fifty years since Francisco Franco’s death. With polls showing that more than 21 per cent of Spaniards still view his era positively, a deep divide remains unresolved. Read Bianca Carrera on the incomplete transition from dictatorship👇
Europe once imagined culture as a driver of economic growth, yet this vision has narrowed our understanding of what the arts are for. The “creative industries” emerged under very different social conditions, but today’s policy agendas treat them as engine of GDP rather than as civic foundations.🪡
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Europe once imagined culture as a driver of economic growth, yet this vision has narrowed our understanding of what the arts are for. The “creative industries” emerged under very different social conditions, but today’s policy agendas treat them as engine of GDP rather than as civic foundations.🪡
Hungary has erected over 2,000 monuments in a decade, costing public coffers over 150 million euros. With Fidesz aiming to reshape the past and control the future, the opposition tries to keep up with its own memorials.
From Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure - out on 1st December👇
From Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure - out on 1st December👇
Owning the Past: Orbán’s Statue Craze
Hungary’s monuments reflect a fragmented national identity, shaped by rival political agendas without a unifying vision for the country’s past or future.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Hungary has erected over 2,000 monuments in a decade, costing public coffers over 150 million euros. With Fidesz aiming to reshape the past and control the future, the opposition tries to keep up with its own memorials.
From Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure - out on 1st December👇
From Acting Out: Arts and Culture Under Pressure - out on 1st December👇