In our latest GPA Strategist Hour, we asked how the democratic centre can answer the AfD’s autumn 2026 state election successes – and why community and movement building may be the key.
While Austria is losing Andreas Babler, a rising star among European progressives, the United Kingdom has seen a newcomer take the stage in the form of Andy Burnham. Whether he will be able to rise and shine depends on more than just his personal qualities.
Andy Burnham’s speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool was a masterclass in modern political communication: personal, self-critical, willing to confront conflict. Above all, it had a clear sense of direction. But its most interesting core lies deeper: in the reinterpretation of a populist promise.
It would mean trivializing the current situation to interpret the crisis facing the SPD and the Greens primarily as a weakness specific to those two parties. In nearly all Western democracies, center-left parties are under pressure, as are center-right parties. What is eroding is not a type of party, but a political model.
The right-wing extremist branch of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is on the brink of power. Three main takeaways will guide the state’s and Germany’s politics and society over the next weeks and months.
Within an instance of his second tenure Donald Trump embodied a smashing backlash against the liberal, rules-based international order. What we may be watching now is the backlash to the backlash.
How Germany and Europe rethink power, security, and progressive strategy
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Progressive government leaders and NGOs met in London for a strategy debate. Report on differences in discourse and what can be learned from them.
The new black-red German government is about to take office. The coalition agreement they have negotiated is extensive. However, it alone will not suffice to implement the urgent changes required. In the upcoming legislative period, the state must become active once more: acting as a proactive shaper that approaches challenges with focus, speed, and renewed confidence in its own capabilities – and is perceived as such. Why Germany needs a new political project.
Transatlantic efforts to transform climate policy must not become a flashpoint in history but an engine of shared prosperity.
Newsletter featuring progressive analyses, events and publications.
The CDU/CSU and SPD parties have reached an agreement in the exploratory talks at a remarkable speed to create a special fund for infrastructure and to provide a far-reaching opportunity to increase defense spending beyond the limits of the debt brake. How should these proposals be assessed? What needs to be considered for the sustainable success of this modernization agenda? These questions were discussed on March 7, 2025, in a background roundtable with experts.