Beatriz Navarro’s Post

Today EL ESPAÑOL publishes my analysis on the results of the European elections. Here are three key takeaways: 1) Low Turnout (≈50%): This indicates that Spaniards (and Europeans in general) have yet to fully grasp the crucial role the EU will play in the coming years. 2) Rise of Nationalist and Populist Right: Factors like immigration and the impact of the Green Pact have fueled significant gains for these groups, leading to a notable decline in support for Centrist and Green parties. 3) Endurance of the Centrist Coalition: The alliance between socialists, liberals, and conservatives remains the main political force, maintaining enough support to potentially secure a second term for Von der Leyen. For a deeper dive, read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dSwWtvTJ #EUElections #FTIConsulting #PublicAffairs.

"We need to understand that we live on a finite planet and we need policies that support the restoration and preservation. 𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙨𝙠: 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚?, says Diogo Homem de Melo on his latest article as he invites eligible voters to exercise their right on 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟔-𝟗𝐭𝐡 in the upcoming European Elections. Last European Elections, half the electorate abstained to vote (and only 60% voted in Spain). Elected Members of Parliament (𝙈𝙀𝙋𝙨) 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚  in Europe - businesses, communities, individuals and beyond European territories due to interconnected supply chains and migration dynamics. In the comments, there's a  𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙐 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Given the current climate crisis, I urge you to take this record into account. (article in Spanish, but you can translate or duolingo your way through 😉) https://lnkd.in/dDcQK3Yn

Europe's future is on the line today More than two years of war on the continent. A public opinion more aware than five years ago of what the European Union can do for them – coordinating the purchase of vaccines, launching a major investment plan to protect their welfare, helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia and curbing its imperialist project – but at the same time, as a legacy of the pandemic, more distrustful and more polarized. The rise of the far-right. A climate of political violence not seen in decades, especially harsh in Germany. A bet on climate neutrality in the limbo. An economy that withstood COVID but is falling behind on the global stage, with the United States and China are employing strategies for which Europe is not prepared for. All these factors – coupled with the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an issue on which the EU lacks a common stance but finds itself outside the UN consensus – compose the grave backdrop for the European Parliament elections being held today in most EU countries. A total of 373 million people are called to vote, though where it is not customary to do so on Sunday, such as in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, or Ireland, tens of millions of people have already cast their ballots. Although in almost all countries these elections are seen through an internal lens (in France, as a preview of the 2027 presidential elections in which Marine Le Pen will run; in Italy, as a referendum on Giorgia Meloni's government; in Spain, as another duel between Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo...), the results will define the responses that the EU will give to all these challenges in the coming years. Read my story in La Vanguardia with a great picture by my colleague Xavier Cervera https://lnkd.in/ed4ychja 4o

As we move to the European Parliament elections, the Portuguese online newspaper Observador is very kind to publish my opinion pieces. This one is about the "fetishism of subordination" showed by Partido CHEGA (the populist right) that will have a seat in the Identity and Democracy Group, and the extreme-left in the communists of PCP, when they talk about the #EuropeanUnion. #Useyourvote #Portugal https://lnkd.in/dc8w6sKB

Here is an article co-authored with Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja, where we delve into the important topic of energy transition in the context of the upcoming US election. https://lnkd.in/ePiGc4y6

From Marine Le Pen in France to Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, Giorgia Meloni in Italy, and Tom van Grieken in Belgium, the leaders of the far-right are eagerly anticipating the European Parliament elections on June 9. Polls predict a historic result for them, reflecting their growing presence in national parliaments and governments (and a bit more, as this election is often considered irrelevant, leading to a larger protest vote). Yes, the extremist tide will continue to rise and gain seats in the European Parliament, but it will not become a wave and the pro European grand coalition will resist. Experience shows that, so far, extreme right parties have not been able to translate their electoral success into political influence in the European Parliament. But what will happen now, will that change? What will the political groups look like in the next European Parliament? And where will Viktor Orban's Fidesz go? Besides the rise of the extreme right, another novelty in the upcoming political cycle may be that, for the first time, the European People's Party (EPP) will have an alternative majority to its right with which to push through laws in the European Parliament, instead of teaming up with S&D (Social Democrats) and Renew (Liberals). What will that mean for the legislative process? And politically? You can read my long, detailed analysis from yesterday’s paper here. Thank you, Eric Maurice from European Policy Centre and Sophia Russack from CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), for the insights! https://lnkd.in/efbE9iij #europeanelections #eleccioneseuropeas #Électionseuropéennes #9j #europeanparliament #parlamentoeuropeo #parlementeuropéen #europe #europa #eu #ue #journalism #eupoliticaltrends #extremeright

In just a few days, 373 million Europeans are called to the polls to renew their representatives in the European Parliament in the largest exercise of transnational democracy in the world. The European Parliament is the only EU institution that is elected by direct suffrage and its renewal will mark the start of a new political cycle at the EU level. From the Chinese systemic competition, to the US economic decoupling and the Russian security threat, a cocktail of existential challenges awaits. We call them, for short, European elections, although technically they are the sum of 27 elections held at the national level and which generally take place according to internal political dynamics. Never, however, have the European elections been more deserving of this adjective than on this occasion. Watch my video at La Vanguardia #useyourvote #usatuvoto #9J # Europeanelections #eleccioneseuropeas #europe #europa

Today is one of those days that mark our history as #Europeansociety. It is up to us to decide a #future for the #nextgenerations. #UseYourVote  Your vote is non-transferable. We build #democracy together. #EUelections #EuropeanParliamentElections #UsaTuVoto

The German city of Pinneberg is the third municipality to take part in the model project Climate Meets Community, in which a citizens‘ jury will be held, followed by a referendum. This was decided by the city council on 10 October with a clear majority (23:16 votes). The schedule envisages that the citizens' jury will meet as early as the first half of 2025. The topic and issues are to come from the field of ‘climate protection and/or climate adaptation’. The responsible administration and the political groups represented in the city council will specify this in the coming weeks. The 25-30 members of the citizens‘ jury will be randomly selected from the population. After hearings of experts and comprehensive discussions in several sessions, the mini-public will develop recommendations for the corresponding topics. Whether these are implemented will ultimately be decided by the entire population of Pinneberg in a referendum. All citizens are called upon to vote on some of the recommendations (max. 3-5 voting questions) of the citizens' jury. The voting date is expected to be combined with the federal election in autumn 2025. The result is binding. Steffen Krenzer, head of the Climate Meets Community project, says: ‘Pinneberg faces numerous challenges in the areas of climate protection and climate adaptation, particularly with regard to the goal of climate neutrality by 2035. Broad public support is crucial to achieving this goal. Citizen participation at an early stage can foster this support. Climate meets community shows how difficult political questions can be answered by society as a whole. The Pinneberg goal of climate neutrality by 2035 is very ambitious and can only be achieved if citizens can actively shape climate protection. Our model project makes this possible. In the citizens‘ jury, a cross-section of the population finds good solutions that are then confirmed in the referendum. This strengthens climate policy decisions, especially when they are far-reaching.’ #CitizensAssembly #KlinatrifftKommune

🧐Mr. Dragui EU 🚨Report⛑️ AWAKENING for👇 1. 🇺🇸 the next November elections, an opportunity to lead a liberal economic policy - as it already did when the Marshall plan 2. Progressive policies have positioned the EU 🇪🇺in the current situation 3. the European and Chinese population languishes due to its longevity - consumption is reduced - 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺business growth forecasts should be under review