Europe

‘Podemos’ capitalises on failures of IU bureaucratic leadership

In country after country, May’s elections to the European parliament saw governments and traditional parties defeated

National Front profits from social and economic discontent

Serbian and Bosnian governments’ inaction provokes fury

Renzi seen as last chance for way out of impasse

Now Trade Unions must lead our fightback

Gains for the far right but some successes for genuine Left

The result has lit up the idea that fighting councillors can help build support for a real alternative to austerity