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01.06.2023
Objects of Political Desire V: Is Memory Money?Society, Media and Culture

A short story about your dearest memory and the money you did not know it was worth.

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30.05.2023
Climate Citizens’ Assemblies Spring to Life in EuropeDemocracy

In a world grappling with the climate crisis, social unrest, and polarisation undermining democracy, an oasis of ideas for a better future has bloomed. It happened in Milan during the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies. The two-day event brought to the same room the instigators of the next wave of participatory democracy that looms on the horizon. Uncover their stories, insights, and dreams for a greener tomorrow for Europe.

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25.05.2023
Eyes on Germany: Politics Without UrgencyDemocracy

Criticised for their disruptive demonstrations, Letzte Generation climate activists find few allies in their uphill battle for climate.

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24.05.2023
Green Supremacy: When Far-Right Politics Co-opts EnvironmentalismPolitics

With mainstream policies proving inadequate in addressing the climate crisis, eco-fascist narratives might mislead people towards harmful actions.

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22.05.2023
Social Security for the Digital Age: Beyond France’s Pension ReformWelfare and Social Issues

Designed to increase workers’ insecurity and enrich private funds, France’s disputed pension reform is part of a global trend towards financialisation. To push back, states need to rethink their role in the digital era.

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18.05.2023
Europe on the Ballot: Are Cities Next in Europe’s Drift to the Right?Politics

With countries turning to the right, progressives face the challenge of keeping their support in cities.

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15.05.2023
Joseph Stiglitz: A Recipe for Green GrowthPost-Growth

The opportunities for renewal offered by the green transition, according to Joseph Stiglitz.

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12.05.2023
Moving Europe from Extraction to RegenerationPost-Growth

Can societies achieve a more stable future and a fairer green transition looking beyond growth?

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11.05.2023
Bringing Europe’s Economic Governance Down to EarthPost-Growth

Paolo Gentiloni and Philippe Lamberts discuss on whether a post-growth Europe can fight inequality and protect the planet.

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10.05.2023
“Not growing but thriving”: The Beginning of a Paradigm ShiftPost-Growth

What if we understood the economy not as some abstract construct at once shaping society but separated from the living planet that we all call home? What if the European Union transformed itself to dedicate itself to meeting the people’s needs without pushing beyond planetary boundaries? The Green European Journal sat down with Kate Raworth, the renegade thinker and author of Doughnut Economics, to talk prosperity beyond growth.

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