A day without foreigners. It may seem a macabre commercial for the xenophobic Italian Northern League party, but it is actually the slogan of the general strike that has been called on 1st March by the migrants’ communities in Italy and France.

Only by embracing a European dimension will national political parties be able to regenerate in the era of globalization, argues John Palmer

The financial crisis gives an opportunity to define a new society in Europe. Antonio Gramsci once said a crisis is when the old is dead, but the new not yet born. A new European socialism will be based on freedom, economic security, equality and democracy. By Stefan Collignon

EU democracy has been thought and organised as a competitive party democracy. It seems this feature is still needing engaged citizens, or maybe does it have to change?

Marie-Claire Caloz-Tschopp presents why a political project can no longer define itself starting from a vision that is sovereigntist, national and territorial.

Gender equality in Europe is about more than statistics. It is about changing perceptions and stereotypes. This article follows the International Feminist Summit recently organised by European Alternatives in London.

Whilst the debate over the EU Reform Treaty grows ever more trivial, and each side makes appeals to ‘democracy’, democracy in Europe becomes ever deeper in crisis. What is required is a new movement for democracy amongst the ‘frontierless generation’.