Issue #23

Last April, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal to reform the EU fiscal governance, whose adoption should ideally take place in the first trimester of 2024. Reforming the EU economic governance is certainly very much needed, but the Commission’s plan lacks ambition. It falls short of enabling the green and social transition, and it lacks instruments to improve the democratic legitimacy and transparency of the decision-making process. That is the main assessment of the authors of the Special Coverage on EU fiscal rules in the new edition of the Progressive Post. In this issue, we also look closely at international affairs: the Focus is dedicated to Turkey, a heavyweight of the European neighbourhood, an EU candidate country – but one with which the EU has a progressively deteriorating relationship. One of the Dossiers looks at Latin America, whose nations are increasingly breaking free from the traditional alignment of their foreign policy with more powerful allies in the northern hemisphere. The other Dossier on Progressive cities in Europe offers a range of examples from European cities where a transformation towards sustainability is currently taking place concretely and on the ground, thanks to the vision and ambitions of progressive administrations.