Europeans: Please VOTE on June 6-9, that's your chance to influence the make-up of the #EuropeanParliament.
Vote green, vote progressive.
You KNOW the right wingers are raring to push the gas pedal on fossil fuel pollution, turn back the clock on civil rights, increase inequality, etc.
We can do much better than that.
We need an even more ambitious Green Deal. Getting that needs your vote.
Find out how and when to vote:
https://elections.europa.eu/en/
Europe’s Swing to the Right Threatens Global Climate Policy
"As Europeans go to the polls this week, an anti-environment backlash largely orchestrated and financed by fossil fuel companies and related industries is threatening some of those policies" such as the European Green Deal.
[A far-right] "majority could try to pass legislation aimed specifically at blocking the energy and food systems transitions needed to slow global warming."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062024/eu-parliamentary-election-global-climate-policy/
"Many of those parties made their intentions public in late April in Budapest at the Conservative Political Action Conference —CPAC Hungary 2024.
Taken together, the agenda for Europe is remarkably similar to Donald Trump’s #Project2025, which would cut environmental spending, gut climate policy and roll back regulations on polluting industries."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062024/eu-parliamentary-election-global-climate-policy/
If you haven't voted yet, GO VOTE !
"Despite expectations of a right-wing majority, data reveals voter ‘greenlash’ isn’t necessarily the driving force.
With the Greens poised to lose a third of their seats according to the latest polls, it’s possible that issues such as inflation, migration and security could eclipse environmental concerns this time around."
Except that climate change has big bearing on inflation, migration, and security.
"At first glance, the projected slump in support reads like a backlash against climate policies set by politicians who tried to move too far, too fast.
But political scientists are unconvinced by that narrative. There is little data to support fears of a societal “#greenlash” from voters unhappy with the costs of the transition, according to the authors of a recent survey of 15,000 voters in France, Germany and Poland."
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