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Where Is the European Left Headed? Valdai Club Report Presentation

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On February 16, the Moscow venue of the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the new Valdai report entitled “Where Is the European Left Headed?” What are the causes of the crisis of the left in Europe? What vision of social progress are they prepared to offer? What are the prospects for new left-wing movements?

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Polycentricity and Diversity

The Crisis of the Left in Europe: Intellectual Capitulation or Pragmatic Choice?

On February 16, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted a presentation of the report "Where Is the European Left Headed?" Anton Bespalov, the discussion's moderator, emphasised that the fate of the left is relevant for Russia, which for much of the last century served as a beacon of the global labour movement and a visible embodiment of a global alternative. We are now at a unique moment, when the semblance of a new totalitarianism that has emerged in Western societies, generated by new technologies, is triggering a veritable global revolt.

Multipolarity and Connectivity

The Relic Radiation of France: Learning the Proper Lessons From ‘The Enlighteners’

In spite of the decline and fall of France as a global power, a positive lesson can nevertheless be drawn from the story of the Fifth Republic—taking inspiration from the French, Russia must set out to pursue a civilizational niche of its own—offering a distinctly Russian vision for global development, writes Nikita Ryabchenko, international relations and world development researcher

Nikita Ryabchenko

Globalization and Sovereignty

Where Is the European Left Headed?

What is the Left? Where is it? Where is it going? Ultimately, what purpose does it serve? This question deserves to be asked in relation to the political forces that claim to represent it, especially since, given the systemic crisis of the liberal system, combined with Western decline, the institutional Left, particularly in Europe, appears to be without prospects, paralyzed, or on its last legs.

Jean-Pierre Page

Globalization and Sovereignty

Valdai Club to Discuss the Future of the European Left

On February 16 at 14:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Moscow venue of the Valdai Club will host a presentation of the new Valdai report entitled “Where Is the European Left Headed?”

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16.02.2026