Europe News The Brief: European Left - a closer look In this edition we look at the group of the European Left, what influence they have in the European Parliament and how they seek to influence the next. 15/05/2019
Italy Italian unions gather in Rome to demand more action on jobs Italian unions gather in Rome to demand more action from government 09/02/2019
Germany New German movement aims to revive country's left New German movement aims to revive country's left 04/09/2018
Austria Austrians can swear or make obscene gestures at politicans, court rule Case brought by leader of far-right freedom party is thrown out. 01/03/2018
Russia Russian communists celebrate Bolshevik Revolution Thousands of Russian Communist Party members marched across downtown Moscow to mark the centenary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. 07/11/2017
View The American left's free speech reversal: View By Peter Van Voorhis In the 1960s, activists at the University of California, Berkeley started the American free speech movement, where millions of students across the country fought for free speech r 24/04/2017
France The far-left wild card in the French presidential election Far-left maverick Jean-Luc Melenchon is rising in the polls and becoming the ultimate wild card in the French presidential race. 06/04/2017
France French presidential election Mélenchon marches on Paris Left winger Mélenchon marches on Paris 19/03/2017
no comment France's leftist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon appears via hologram in Paris France’s Far Left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon surprised his supporters on Sunday (February 5) by ‘appearing’ in front of them in the form of a hologram in… 06/02/2017
France Hologram technology gives a modern twist to French elections It has been a weekend for rallies for most of the candidates with an eye on the French presidency. 05/02/2017
France Seven candidates selected to run for French left presidential bid Seven candidates will battle it out on the French left wing in January to win the nomination for the 2017 presidential election. 17/12/2016
Unreported Europe The new faces of Europe's far-left And so they rose, and took to the streets and squares of cities and towns, reclaiming the Agora, asking that democracy live up to its promise: in Spain, in Greece, in France, people demanded that elec 17/06/2016
Unreported Europe The left-wing mayor who prefers to take the metro Elected mayor of Madrid a year ago with the backing of Podemos, Manuela Carmena, 72, is a leading figure of Spain's "new left". 17/06/2016
Unreported Europe Representative democracy is 'a bit rusty' For more insight on the citizen’s movements mushrooming across Europe, we spoke to Albert Ogien, a French sociologist and senior researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 17/06/2016
Portugal Portugal leftist parties clinch historic deal, aim to topple government An unprecedented alliance between Portugal’s centre-left and its radical left looks set to topple the centre-right minority government just weeks 07/11/2015
the global conversation Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to 14/10/2015
Greece Syriza faces internal battle as Tsipras requests party vote Alexis Tsipras was welcomed with applause by members of his party, but has yet to reach a fairytale ending. Speaking in an old cinema, the Greek 30/07/2015
Spain Spain's Podemos tackles first major crisis after co-founder Monedero resigns The resignation of the co-founder of Podemos has plunged Spain’s young left-wing party into its first serious crisis in an important election year 01/05/2015
Greece Golden Dawn rally in Athens provokes anti-fascist protests In the Greek capital thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators took to the streets in a rally against far-right extremism. The protest was in response 01/02/2015
Spain Podemos holds biggest rally yet in Spanish capital and promises election earthquake Tens of thousands of people turned out in Madrid on Saturday for the latest show of strength for Podemos, the new left-wing party that in just a year 31/01/2015
Greece Greece: Syriza forms anti-bailout coalition government Fresh from his Syriza party’s crushing victory at Sunday’s polls in Greece, left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras has struck a deal to govern with a fellow 26/01/2015
Greece Greeks react with delight and trepidation to Syriza election win The people of Greece are taking in Syriza’s momentous victory in the snap general election. Both Greek and European markets fell on Monday morning 26/01/2015
Greece Celebrations as Syriza supporters look to a future without austerity Jubilation in University Square in central Athens as thousands of Syriza supporters celebrated the landmark win by their anti-bailout party Syriza 26/01/2015
Greece Tsipras pledges end to 'vicious cycle of austerity' at victory speech in Greece The man of the moment, Alexis Tsipras has swept to power in a landslide win in Greece. His Syriza party’s anti-austerity message appears to have 26/01/2015
Greece Looming Syriza victory gets mixed reactions in Athens As Greece’s leftist Syriza party looked set for a comfortable victory over the ruling conservatives in the Greek election, our reporter spoke to some 25/01/2015
