if you're wondering why #EuropeanGreenDeal needs green macro, look no further than Eastern Europe, where centre-right parties are framing it as choice between 'investments in health and infrastructure' vs. 'greening the economy'.
https://twitter.com/Europuls/status/1235260745312591877
confirms my @guardian take that #EuropeanGreenDeal remains trapped in #schwarzenull logic of austerity.
What 'Just Transition' do we get if nudging markets towards low-carbon means privatisation of health (hello coronavirus) & other public services? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
What 'Just Transition' do we get if nudging markets towards low-carbon means privatisation of health (hello coronavirus) & other public services? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
in parallel, most popular video on Romanian Facebook (8 million views in two weeks) is about green nationalism that threatens to easily morph into anti-EU rhetoric if #EuropeanGreenDeal doesnt get its macro right
video shows journalist asking environmentalist NGO (CEE Bankwatch):
1. Your NGO is financed by Germany.
2. Your NGO won legal battle to shut hydropower station where RO invested EUR 155 million.
3. Germany is building new coal plants.
4. This is green colonialism.
1. Your NGO is financed by Germany.
2. Your NGO won legal battle to shut hydropower station where RO invested EUR 155 million.
3. Germany is building new coal plants.
4. This is green colonialism.
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