European Forum

Uniting the left, greens & progressives to share struggles, strategies, and solidarity.
Join us in Vienna, Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2025!

[Izquierda Unida🔻🇵🇸 @IzquierdaUnida]

Hemos conseguido que todos los contratos de alquiler que caducan antes del 2028 se puedan prorrogar dos años más.

Sí, has leído bien. Frenamos las subidas abusivas, aunque a tu casero no le guste.

[Özlem Alev Demirel @OezlemADemirel]

Eine unheilige Koalition von konservativ bis rechts außen legt heute den letzten Sargnagel an das elementare Menschenrecht auf Asyl und feiert sich selbst dafür.
Mit der sogenannten Return Regulation soll die Abschiebemaschinerie weiter hochgefahren werden – sogar in Länder, zu denen die Betroffenen keinerlei Bezug haben. Sogar Kinder sollen in Abschiebegefängnisse.
Das ist nichts anderes als die systematische Entrechtung von Schutzsuchenden und erinnert immer stärker an die Praxis von ICE.
Vorangetrieben wurde sie von den Unionsparteien in Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD.
#shameonyou
#returndirective

[Rosalux-Europa @RosaluxEuropa]

🔴 Happening now at the European Parliament: launch of Reclaiming Steel, a new study by us & communia. With @Left_EU MEPs @MarinaMesure and @BotengaM, plus speakers from CGT ArcelorMittal, @industriAll_EU & @corporateeurope. How to secure jobs while decarbonizing industry?

[Martin Schirdewan @schirdewan]

Dieser Handelsdeal ist kein Fortschritt, sondern ein Rückschritt. Während er den Interessen großer US-Konzerne dient, droht er unsere eigene Industrie, die Arbeitsplätze in ganz Europa sichert, zu schwächen. Handel muss fair und sozial gestaltet sein.
https://t.co/qx59htkBRD

[Rosalux-Europa @RosaluxEuropa]

🔴 Today #BrüsselLinks kicked off — our annual study trip for young left activists, co-organized with @schirdewan’s office. Alongside presenting the RLS Brussels office, we had a workshop with @corporateeurope on EU institutions, democracy & lobbying. Looking forward to day 2.

[Walter Baier @WalterBaierEL]

Municipal elections in France: the left holds firm against the far-right surge. Paris, Marseille, and Lyon remain left strongholds. The PCF rises as the third-strongest force locally and takes Nîmes from the Front National. The struggle continues. @europeanleft @PCF @PCF_monde @

[Vincent Boulet @vincent_boulet]

A La Havane pour apporter la solidarité du @PCF au peuple cubain et au PC cubain face aux entreprises de Trump pour asphyxier l'île.

Il y a urgence à agir pour le droit international !

Viva Cuba !

[European Left @europeanleft]

Feminism Is Peace

Tomorrow is 8 March.
Today, we raise our voices for feminism and peace.
We demand budgets that protect life — not war.

We refuse to see billions spent on weapons while rights to healthcare, education, housing, and care are weakened.

Women’s security is not measured in tanks.
It is measured in dignity, autonomy, and social justice.

Let’s make our 5% count for life, not destruction.
Join us.
#My5Percent

[European Left @europeanleft]

How would you invest your 5%?
Tell us below ⬇️

[European Left @europeanleft]

1 in 3 women has experienced physical or sexual violence.
Yet shelters remain underfunded.
Support services are overstretched.
Prevention programs lack resources.
Weapons will not stop abuse.
Strong public services will.
Real security means being able to leave violence safely.
#My5Percent #EndGBV #FeministSecurity #InvestInLife

[European Left @europeanleft]

Education builds autonomy.
Public education spending in Europe is around 5% of GDP.
Raising military budgets to the same level sends a clear message about priorities.
When schools are underfunded:
• classrooms overcrowd
• childcare shrinks
• university costs rise
Girls from low-income families are hit first.
Cutting education today limits women’s freedom tomorrow.
#My5Percent #EducationForAll #FeministFuture #InvestInLife

[European Left @europeanleft]

When military spending rises, public healthcare pays.
Cuts mean fewer preventive services, longer waiting times, and reduced access to reproductive and maternal care.
Women’s health is not optional.
Security means access to care, dignity and wellbeing not weapons.
If 5% were invested in healthcare, what would change in your community?
More info at 👉https://t.co/34UUnI2XHM
#My5Percent #HealthcareIsSecurity #FeministEconomics #InvestInLife

[European Left @europeanleft]

5% of GDP for military spending.
That’s what NATO is pushing.
Five percent may sound small. It isn’t.
In many countries, it would mean doubling military budgets — billions redirected away from healthcare, education, housing, care and protection against gender-based violence.
Budgets are political choices.
Militarization is a choice.
We choose life.
How would you invest your 5%?
Tell us below ⬇️
#My5Percent #FeminismIsPeace #InvestInLife #8March

[Die Linke @dieLinke]

Jede 5. Person über 65 lebt in Armut. Das Rentenniveau muss steigen, nicht sinken! Es müssen endlich alle einzahlen - auch Abgeordnete, Beamte und Selbstständige! Wir stehen an der Seite der Rentnerinnen und Rentnern. Für eine solidarische Rente, für alle!

[European Left @europeanleft]

💜 5,000 marched in Brussels against gender-based violence.
#Austerity policies are institutional & economic forms of violence, disproportionately harming women & gender minorities, said activist Alie Dirckx #MirabalBelgium.

We march, we fight, we demand change! ✊🏻

#StopGenderViolence #StopFeminicide
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EqualityForAll

[European Left @europeanleft]

What the “Adjusted” Pay Gap Really Shows:

The EU’s official gender pay gap is 13.6% (but that only reflects hourly wages). When you include lower employment rates, part-time work, precarious jobs and unpaid care, the real earnings gap rises to 40%.

That’s the equivalent of 59 days of unpaid work each year … nearly two months of lost income.
#genderpaygap #equalrights #europeanleft #adjustedpaygap

[S&D Group @TheProgressives]

Farmers are struggling with incomes far lower than the EU average, an unequal playing field in global trade, and the consequences of extreme weather events.

The EC's decision to merge the CAP and cohesion funds risks pitting farmers and other citizens against each other. The recent tweaks to the national plans are not sufficient.

We call for a stand-alone CAP equipped with a robust budget that is commensurate with the challenges, the aspirations and the strategic importance of agriculture.

@DarioNardella

[European Left @europeanleft]

🇪🇺At the #EuropeanForum2025 in Vienna, we showed that another Europe is not only possible it’s already being built!
183 activists, trade unionists, feminists, youth organisers and progressive forces from 29 countries united to confront austerity, rising militarism, the housing crisis and the assault on rights.

➡️ Full recap on our website: https://t.co/Qlyl3H0ALi

#EuropeanLeft #BuildTheAlternative @_EuropeanForum

[European Forum @_EuropeanForum]

There is future. There is hope. ✊
If progressive, green & left forces unite, another Europe is possible, against militarization, for social rights, a just transition, youth & gender equality. 🌍❤️

[European Forum @_EuropeanForum]

🏠 Housing is a right, not a commodity! 💪 EU house prices +48%, rents +22% since 2010. Millions can’t afford homes or heat. ❄️ Let’s unite movements, unions & the left for public, democratic housing for all! ✊ #HousingForAll #LeftUnity @retaguardiaroja