Europe

A wage agreement between the main trade union federation in Norway, the LO, and NHO (the employers’ organization, the NHO, was announced by both parties on Tuesday, April 1st 2025. They said that the framework […]

In a historically unprecedented development, today the Christian Democratic candidate Friedrich Merz was unexpectedly not elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in the first ballot for the position. This is the first time […]

Fight for a united working-class struggle against all oppressions and for socialism The Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday 16 April 2025 proves yet again that minority rights are not secure in a society in which […]

This is a government focused on serving its capitalist masters. That was one clear message from Labour’s Spring Statement. The second is that the working class must organise to defy the expectation that it will […]

Taking place in a ‘new era’ of unprecedented political volatility and turmoil, epitomised by Trump’s second presidency, 290 attended the Socialist Party’s three-day congress in Coventry, 15-17 March 2025. “The most important meeting of the […]

The biggest protest in Serbian history happened on 15th March in the capital Belgrade. The upper estimate is 800,000 people; the entire population of Serbia is less than seven million. It was a culmination of […]

Below are three reports of recent successes won by Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) members in union elections.   Victory for socialist Marco Tesei in University and College Union Left must organise to fight […]

On September 29 in 2024 parliamentary elections took place in Austria. But it was not until March 2025 that a new government was formed. It took three separate negotiating attempts before it could be formed: […]

Keir Starmer, Britain’s Prime Minister, is everyday revealing the extent to which he is determined to govern in the interests of the capitalist bosses. His party, the Labour Party, was founded by the trade unions […]

Employment Rights Bill: Unions must fight to strengthen workers’ rights Trade union leaders have been lining up to extol the Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill, as secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds […]

What position should socialists take? On 1 March, in response to the row between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, the national executive of the Left Party passed a resolution that is, unfortunately, analytically wrong and […]

There has been a litany of incidents of horrific violence against women and girls in Britain in recent years. The scale of misogyny in London’s Metropolitan Police is on full view following the jailing of […]

With the announcement that energy bills for a ‘typical’ household in Britain will rise by £111 a year from April, a 6.4% increase, millions of working-class families will despair at further increasing pressure on household […]

The Left is the ray of hope against cuts and racism The result of the federal election is a slap in the face of the established, pro-capitalist parties. The only parties that won were those […]

Keir Starmer’s New Labour government has only reached its eighth month in office but the cracks are beginning to show around numerous issues, including oil field licensing, foreign policy, and Starmer’s increasingly strident anti-migrant rhetoric. […]

Germany goes to the polls on 23 February for elections to the Bundestag (parliament) after the so-called ‘traffic light coalition’ (comprised of social democrats, Greens and liberals) collapsed in November. Germany is one of the […]

Strain all your forces now to get into the parliament – and plan for the time afterwards In the midst of the shift to the right in the ruling politics – from Trump to Merz […]

One year ago, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) returned to power sharing at the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly under the pressure of a mounting industrial crisis which culminated in the January 18th public sector strike. […]

Socialist Party Scotland condemns the threats from Aberdeen City Council to make millions in cuts on the backs of hard working council employees. Their proposals are to slash the working week of council staff while […]

Last week, the Norwegian two party minority coalition government collapsed, according to the Financial Times (London), “over whether Norway should keep more of its electricity for itself to lower prices or export it to the […]

The situation in Serbia has reached the boiling point, after three months of student protests demanding justice for the fifteen victims of the collapsed roof at the railway station in the city of Novi Sad […]

New party in Germany is no alternative for working people Since this statement was issued BSW members of the German parliament, on January 31, voted in favour of the “influx limitation law” produced by the […]

It was apt that Sir Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, staged his Labour government’s December ‘relaunch’ at Pinewood Studios, where the old comedy ‘Carry On’ movies were filmed. Starmer was hoping to breathe new […]

No matter who will govern – opposition against those at the top is necessary On 23 February, early elections to the Bundestag (parliament) will take place. The fact that the ‘traffic light’ government (a coalition […]

Farce and grim comedy overshadowed last week’s announcement of a programme for government in southern Ireland, following November’s Dáil [parliament] elections. The incoming government will once again see right wing Fine Gael coalescing with right […]

The following article first appeared in ‘Sozialismus Heute’, the theoretical magazine of the ‘Sozialistische Organisation – Solidarität’ (German section of the CWI). We are publishing a translated version here. Slight changes have also been made […]

“This is not a Liz Truss moment”, declared a former director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), referring to the brief period of the Tory prime minister Liz Truss’s time in office, as the pound […]

VW workers’ rude awakening on a closer inspection of what it means The German metal workers’ union IG Metall leadership and the Volkswagen (VW) central works council (the legal non-union body representing the workforce) celebrated […]

2025 began where 2024 ended; with collapsing support for the Labour Party in Scotland and across the UK. The full reality of Starmer and Reeves’ betrayal of their albeit threadbare promises in opposition has been […]

After the negotiations to form a new government between conservatives (ÖVP), social democrats (SPÖ) and liberals (NEOS) broke down, mainly over the budget, Austria is entering a new period. It looks likely that either a […]

2024 saw the historic defeat of the once-most successful capitalist party in the world. The Tory Party vote at the general election collapsed, leading to the worst result in its 200-year history and its lowest-ever […]

Still dazed and disoriented from July’s UK general election humiliation, the Tories have a new leader, Kemi Badenoch – product of yet another leadership election fiasco. Surrounding her is a Conservative and Unionist Party – […]

Three police forces are found to have spied on Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney, Barry McCaffrey and Vincent Kearney. The same police spied on an un-named Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman employee. The police forces were […]

Things will be no different in 2025  Not only was 2024 a hotter year than previous years in terms of climate, the political situation in the world was also “hot” and marked by crises, wars […]

The Westminster Labour government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP group whose majority shareholder is multi-billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, with a personal wealth said to be over £9 billion.  The Communication Workers Union […]

,The disgraceful decision by Keir Starmer’s UK Labour government to cut the £300 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, except for those on the state pension who are entitled to pension credits, provoked a storm of […]

In Goodbye to Russia, Sarah Rainsford covers her two decades based in Moscow as a reporter for the BBC as well as an earlier period in St Petersburg as a student and an English teacher. […]

As we go to press, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) announced their withdrawal from the discussions to form a new government coalition in Romania, citing the lack of willingness of the neoliberal Save Romania Union […]

A roof at the train station collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia on a busy November morning, killing 15 people. It collapsed two months after a ‘reconstruction’ job where tonnes of new […]

Following the Dáil [parliament of the Irish republic] elections of 29 November, government formation talks continue. While there is no doubt that the two main traditional ruling parties of Irish capitalism, Fianna Fáil and Fine […]

Crisis, Conflict and Class Struggle The end of the coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the evening of 6 November did not really come as […]

It is often a paradox of war that as the end begins to loom in the distance, the ground fighting intensifies. With the election of Donald Trump to the White House, the war in Ukraine, […]

Three short months and then it’s gone! President Emmanuel Macron only managed to keep in place his stopgap, appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, and his government, for only three months. His roadmap was clear: to […]

The management team of Germany’s largest industrial group has proclaimed a turning point in operations. Wage cuts, mass layoffs and factory closures are on the table. What to do now? The Volkswagen Group may be […]

Friday’s Dáil [parliament] election brings to a close a short and dismal campaign. Outgoing Fine Gael Taoiseach [prime minister], Simon Harris, has managed to demolish Fine Gael’s polling lead in a mere three weeks. The […]

Following the Scottish government’s announcement in January that more than 1,000 funded university places for Scottish students would be cut, the Herald newspaper has unearthed several ominous findings about the funding gap widening in Scottish […]

Donald Trump has been elected again, this time as the candidate with the most votes. Millions of people in the US and worldwide are looking on in trepidation as he announces a series of ultra-right […]

The Scottish government have announced another delay in their much talked about National Care Service amid overwhelming opposition from care workers, trade unions and local authorities. In this article written before the announcement, Chris Sermanni, […]