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.
In Toronto, international government officials, leading thinkers, civil society representatives, and think-tank experts gathered for the Global Progress Action Summit.
In Barcelona, heads of government and representatives of progressive parties and organisations, as well as civil society, have come together for the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM).
What does it mean to take responsibility today? This was the central question we discussed at the 2025 Political Symposium.
Progressive government leaders and NGOs met in London for a strategy debate. Report on differences in discourse and what can be learned from them.
Following the Bundestag elections, we analyse results, highlight missteps, and explore the key challenge for the progressive camp.
Europe’s largest conference for progressive politics
Our chairman Prof Dr Wolfgang Schroeder describes the challenges and necessities for the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD.
How can progressive politics address the feeling of insecurity amid war, social hardship and the climate crisis?
What are the challenges facing progressives in Germany and the United Kingdom and what can they learn from each other? Which strategies can achieve a successful social democracy in the 2020s?
Why defence isn’t merely a matter of military security and the ‘peace’ and ‘justice for Ukraine’ advocates are much more similar than they’d like to admit.
Lessons from progressives in Europe and North America