France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday raised the alarm over the “ill wind” of the rise of the far right in European politics, during a state visit to Germany ahead of key EU elections.
"The environmental emergency that we are collectively facing, and that scientists have been documenting for decades, cannot be addressed if those raising the alarm and demanding action are criminalized for it," says Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention....
Maybe it's cause those people that have the strong will and drive to protest have been doing it for 20 years and are getting sick of being ignored so they up the ante.
Macron calls the rise of far-right parties an 'ill wind' for Europe ( www.france24.com ) Englisch
France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday raised the alarm over the “ill wind” of the rise of the far right in European politics, during a state visit to Germany ahead of key EU elections.
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It is so convenient and free. ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Repression of environmental activists who use peaceful civil disobedience in Europe a "major threat to democracy and human rights," UN report says ( unece.org ) Englisch
"The environmental emergency that we are collectively facing, and that scientists have been documenting for decades, cannot be addressed if those raising the alarm and demanding action are criminalized for it," says Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention....