Wojciech K?b?owski is a post-doctoral researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (IGEAT) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (COSMOPOLIS). His recently-defended PhD thesis presents a critical perspective on fare-free public transport.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.