The Future of the EU: Soldiers, Barbed Wire and Surveillance
Green Wave
English - January 27, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews green wave progressive politics news london Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The far right failed to make the gains many expected at the European elections, but their influence on the direction of the Union is pervasive. Activists linked to Attac Austria argue that progressives supporting today’s EU irrespective of its policy agenda are playing on terrain that favours only the far right and the neoliberal establishment.
So the question is: How can progressives rethink their relationship to the EU as it stands and make sure that they are ready to oppose and resist?
Written by Alexandra Strickner, Kai J. Lingnau, and Valentin Schwarz.
Read by Julia Lagoutte.
Text version: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-future-of-the-eu-soldiers-barbed-wire-and-surveillance/