Annalisa Colombino

Dec 5, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Krisztian Simon |Krisztián Simon |Samuel Moyn |Annalisa Colombino |Luiza Bialasiewicz

What is behind the rise of Europe’s far-right parties? Backlashes against centrist handling of the economy, climate change, and migration abound despite overall high levels of employment, green transition successes, and industry demand for immigrant work visas. The West’s push for globalisation has enlivened a new world order. Now that Europeans have become the objects and not the subjects of history, ethnonationalism proposes a false refuge that only a common purpose can overcome.

Dec 5, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Lorenzo Marsili |Francesca Barca |Konrad Bleyer-Simon |Annalisa Colombino

Food and farmers have become the emblems of a culture war waged by the populist right in the EU and the US against climate policies. Alternative proteins such as insects and lab-grown meat, in particular, are framed as an existential threat to traditional ways of life, masculinity, and civilisation. To effectively dismiss these fears as laughable, we must take seriously the economic and ecological insecurities that underlie them.