Carl Rowlands
Carl Rowlands is on the steering committee of the Central European branch of Labour International and is a PES Activist. He works as a technical service engineer by day, and also writes articles and short stories on various topics. He lives in Budapest with his wife and son.
After the Election Disaster – The Future of the Left in Hungary
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This phrase keeps springing to mind following the first round of the Hungarian elections on Sunday. The right-wing opposition swept to power in all but one of the 176 constituencies. To put this in perspective, if a first-past-the-post system were used, the Socialist Party (MSZP) would only have 1 [...]
The Party of European Socialists: A Democratic Way Forward
The Party of European Socialists has done some important initial work in preparing the ground for a more democratic and social European future. It has introduced consultation and participation into new areas of European politics. I think it needs to go to the next stage to truly become a force for the democratisation of the [...]
Broken by Design: Europe’s Core and Periphery
A good society is unlikely to flourish in central-eastern Europe unless the EU partnership shifts away from an agenda that mainly benefits multinational companies. There’s no doubt that ‘Building the Good Society’ could represent a fresh start for pan-European social democracy. The concept of a ‘good society’ has been rendered a cliché in many countries, [...]
