Krisztián Simon

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.

Jul 26, 2023 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Krisztian Simon |Krisztián Simon |Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach |Konrad Bleyer-Simon

In the autumn, the EU Parliament will vote on the Media Freedom Act, a regulation to fight media capture and the decline of the quality of information due to economic pressure. While the initiative represents a positive change of course, it cannot undo the damage done by illiberal governments, and it fails to provide badly needed subsidies to quality news outlets.