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Stay in touch on progressivepost.eu and @ProgPost_FEPS PUBLISHING DIRECTOR László Andor EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Hedwig Giusto DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ainara Bascuñana, Olaf Bruns EDITORIAL BOARD László Andor (Chair), Ainara Bascuñana, Olaf Bruns, Elena Gil, Hedwig Giusto, David Rinaldi, Johan Robberecht, Ania Skrzypek PROOFREADING Nicky Robinson COORDINATION & GRAPHIC DESIGN Triptyque COVER ILLUSTRATION Peter Willems - Vec-Star PHOTO CREDITS Shutterstock, © European Union COPYRIGHT © FEPS – Foundation for European Progressive Studies N°14 - Autumn 2020 ISSN 2506-7362 EDITORIAL The Progressive Post #14 Moving beyond current multilateralism – and beyond current capitalism by Maria João Rodrigues, FEPS President The United Nations is currently celebrating its will probably be a turning point shaping the 75th anniversary. The backdrop of these cele- emerging new global order! brations however is bleak: some world powers knowingly sabotage multilateralism, and the If the Covid-19 crisis has been a hard reminder escalating global crises – health, climate and of how international our challenges are, and economic downturn to name just a few – have thus of how the answers must be too, it also led to a further deterioration of the United highlights that the current neoliberalism-domi- Nations system that was created in the wake of nated capitalism is in deep crisis. Similar to the World War II. If it needed a reminder, the Covid- current architecture of multilateralism, today’s 19 pandemic has made it blatantly clear that capitalism is less and less capable of keep- our most critical challenges are transnational ing the promises that were its very reason and can only be addressed through coordi- for existence: shared growth and prosperity nated action. But the gap keeps widening for everyone. Instead, in its globalised and between our shared challenges and the capac- financialised form, built on shaky foundations ity of global governance to meet them. of debts and credit, it is pushing the planet's ecosystem to a collapse. The rich are getting With this issue, The Progressive Post wants to richer while the poor are getting poorer. congratulate the United Nations on its anniver- sary, and wants to celebrate multilateralism, but That is why this issue's Special Coverage it also wants to seize this unique opportunity to wants to move beyond capitalism and initiate make proposals for rebuilding and reforming a larger debate on the objectives of economic, the multilateral architecture. environmental, social, digital, and regional policy. The aim is a paradigm-change to over- In this issue's Focus, our authors explore how come the dominant neo-liberal approach. this new multilateralism could be put together. An increased role for regional organisations Our contributions call for an urgent U-turn could make the UN system more agile and towards social and environmental justice, efficient – with an important role for the but they also show that this can be financed European Union, not only in a future architec- – and how. And again, citizens need a role ture of multilateralism, but as a driver in the here, not least in regional policy, otherwise transition. Citizens should play a greater role, we face revenge from 'places that don't for instance with a World Citizens’ Initiative, matter'. But citizens need a role in the comparable to the European Citizens' Initiative. online arena too, and here we look at citi- zens' digital empowerment, rooted in Social Make no mistake: this is a make-or-break Democratic values: solidarity, cooperation moment for international cooperation, and it and social justice. 1 - CONTENT ProgressiveThe #14 ContentsPost CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL COVERAGE State of the European Union Beyond capitalism 4 A too Teutonic talk 20 What digital future for what by László Andor Social Democracy? by Evgeny Morozov MFF / Covid / Recovery 24 Radically transforming the EU 8 Rethinking economic economy – and how to finance it reconstruction in Europe by Ann Pettifor by Lukas Hochscheidt, Judith Vorbach and Susanne Wixforth 30 The revenge of the ‘places that don't matter’ 10 A new algorithm for by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose European solidarity by Maria João Rodrigues 34 The time for a U-turn towards social and environmental 12 The EU and Covid-19: justice is now what we have learned so far by Fabrizio Barca by László Andor Racism/ US 16 With the groan of a man, George Floyd, humanity shivers with racism, so does Europe by Cécile Kyenge 18 Black Lives Matter: a new moment for transformation by Neera Tanden - 2 The Progressive Post #14 FOCUS DOSSIERS INTERVIEW A new multilateralism Chile: 50 years after The transformation of Allende's victory European Social Democracy 38 The 75th anniversary of the United Nations: the urgently needed 50 Salvador Allende: 66 "The decline of the centre-right has reforms and their enemies his ethical, social and been at least as prominent as that by Maro Telò democratic legacy of the centre-left" by Marcela Ahumada Interview with Herbert Kitschelt 40 Making the UN more by Tarik Abou-Chadi inclusive and democratic 52 Salvador Allende: by Jo Leinen respect for the world by Juan Somavía 42 Strengthening the EU’s role in the UN Security Council today 54 Urban development in by Nico Schrijver Allende’s Chile: going up! LIBRARY by Genaro Cuadros Ibáñez 45 Regional organisations and UN reform: Roma: towards a new Book reviews towards Multilateralism 2.0 EU framework by Luk Van Langenhove 70 Trade wars are not 56 Roma Integration: civic equality people's wars 48 What should be done or ethnic empowerment? by Alvaro Oleart about the United Nations? by Martin Kovats by Maria João Rodrigues and Conny Reuter 72 Automation: a boon 58 The EU Roma policy. or bane for workers? Background and functioning by Justin Nogarede 62 Who are the Roma? 74 The pandemic and capitalism by Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov by James K. Galbraith 64 EU Roma Framework: listening first! by Iulius Rostas 3 - CURRENT AFFAIRS STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION A too Teutonic talk EC President Ursula von der Leyen's first speech on the State of the European Union by László Andor As we learned from the great British historian Eric Hobsbawm, tradition is something that is invented. The tradition of State of the Union speeches by the European Commission president was invented in 2010, in the wake of the great financial crisis.