Weekly Roundup – FuckingVote!

Weekly Roundup: 11 – 17 February

Less than 100 days until we get out the vote, in May! Meanwhile, catch up with our daily articles from last week around migration. A thing is clear: European leaders should not leave migration to populists.

EU Observer: Migration and May elections – time to get facts right
EU Observer: Why a far-right surge won’t change EU migration policy
Carnegie Europe: 2019 European Parliament Elections Will Change the EU’s Political Dynamics
Deutsche Welle:Migration likely to take center stage in EU elections
Politico: Don’t leave migration to the populists
World Economic Forum: Migration benefits all of us. These stories show how
European Parliament News: EU progress towards its climate change goals (infographic)
UNPRI: Explaining the EU action plan for financing sustainable growth
United Nations News:African continent ‘an example of solidarity’ towards migrants and refugees: UN chief
Euractiv: Orban puts hopes in new anti-migration European Parliament

Until next Sunday or…see you this Tuesday, at Google Belgium, if you are attending our first event! 🙂

Weekly Roundup: 4 – 10 February

What a week! Check this out:

We just announced our first event at Google Belgium, in Brussels (save the date: 19 February, free attendance!)
and we made it to Politico EU Confidential, yasss!

Do you also think tackling climate change should be a priority for the next European Parliament? Greenpeace says: “Democracy works for us when we work for democracy”. If you care about climate action and environment protection, go out and vote for people who care too! Yes, this week we talked about environment and climate actions!

BBC: Climate change: Young people across Europe protest by skipping school
Greenpeace: EU elections are coming up in May – here’s why you should care
META from EBB: 10 ways the 2019 European Elections can be a green game changer
Euronews: Over 70,000 march for the climate in Brussels
Euroactiv: Is populism bad for climate change?
An article written by our team member, Thomas Richter: Let’s take Control

Until next Sunday!

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Weekly Roundup: 21 – 27 January

This week was all about the effects of populism and far right on democracy: populist governments have deepened corruption, eroded individual rights and inflicted damage on democratic institutions!

NPR: Analysis: how the rise of the far right threatens democracy worldwide
Euronews: Democracy in Europe “has declined more than any other region”
The Atlantic: What populists do to democracies
CNBC: Germany’s Merkel says she has “grave doubts” about the incoming world order
World Economic Forum: A rejection of populism: global public opinion comes out strongly in favour of openness and collaboration
The Guardian: Revealed: one in four Europeans vote populist
Book recommendation: How Democracies Die, a 2018 book by Harvard University political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power.
Time: 5 countries show how the European Far-Right is growing in power
Politico: Europe in pieces: where voters disagree

Until next Sunday!

Weekly Roundup: 14 – 20 January

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