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Jul 12, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Karine Gantin
Eva Brenner and Walter Baier interviewed musician and Wienerlied expert Thomas “Tomy” Hojsa about his influential role in the genre and the current state of the Wienerlied. The conversation took place in German as part of the “Peter Kreisky Europe Talks” series. Eva Brenner and Walter Baier spoke with the dedicated musician and Wienerlied expert Thomas Hojsa, also known as Tommy or Tomy Hojsa, about his experiences as an influential performer — What is the current state of the Wienerlied?
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Florian Weis |Karine Gantin
The European and municipal elections in Ireland have bolstered the traditional parties of government and, still more, independent candidates. The tallying of the European election ballots in Ireland continued until 14 June, which was due on the one hand to an electoral system (Single Transferable Vote/STV) that is as democratic as it is hard to count; on the other hand, it was the result of municipal elections held simultaneously and tallied first.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Eduardo Sanz |Karine Gantin
The results of the recent European elections in Spain did not differ much from the general tone across the continent: the traditional right as the leading force and the emergence of a new far-right party. Over the past few decades, an image was cultivated (mostly from the academic and the journalistic sphere), of Spain as an exceptional country at the European level due to the non-presence of the far-right in institutions.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Karine Gantin
The weakening of the tolerance towards differing opinions in order to manipulate the public sphere has become a typical trait in most today’s societies of the European Union. Since the neoliberal capitalism is no longer very efficient, it brings about a deterioration in the living standards of many citizens. People express dissent, but the system does not want to hear it.
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May 28, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Karine Gantin
The Transnational Institute (TNI), a transform! europe’s friend and partner organisation, is issuing an open call for essays, accessible papers, infographics and artistic collaborations for its 13th State of Power report. Deadline for 1-2 page pitches: 5 June. The focus for their 13th edition is on the geopolitics of capitalism. The report will be published in January 2025.
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May 26, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Vladimir Bortun |Karine Gantin
They say the best teacher of anti-capitalism is capitalism itself. Romania makes no exception. After more than three decades of unhinged neoliberalism, the country tops the table in Europe for most negative indicators: from income inequality to in-work poverty to labour migration to underfunding of vital public services. Inevitably, this has led to resurgence of left-wing and even anti-capitalist attitudes among the general public.
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May 24, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | David Broder |Karine Gantin
“Just write Giorgia!” — For Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia party, June’s European elections are all about the prime minister, who is its top-listed candidate in all five Italian constituencies. Since her popularity outstrips her party’s, some pollsters suggest that putting her name on the ballot paper could bring her list an extra 2 percent support, although she won’t become an MEP.
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May 13, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Karine Gantin
Strengthening teamwork, stimulating creativity and combatting feelings of isolation are just some of the virtues being attributed to the metaverse. But what’s the reality behind the hype? Can people work safely in new environments straddling the real and virtual worlds? And what are the short- and long-term risks to workers’ health? Recent years have seen research starting to address these questions, with some concerning findings.
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May 13, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Arthur Neslen |Karine Gantin
European industry is ramping up its operations in the extraction and processing of “critical raw materials”, deemed so for their economic importance and supply risk, particularly in the context of the energy transition. At the same time, however, the European Commission is signalling a retreat from chemicals regulation. By leaving lithium battery workers in countries such as Hungary vulnerable to industrial poisoning, is the bloc also putting the promises of the Green Deal at risk?
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
transform-network.net | Karine Gantin
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