The
journalist from Macao asked me who in the EU is taking the lead in the fight
against populist and xenophobic ideas. It was a genuine question with a serious
touch of apprehension. For someone from afar two things seemed to be obvious:
that there is a growing extremist political wave in Europe and that some
personalities are for sure fully engaged in combatting such trend.
Well,
for me, the first part is indeed obvious. The current radicalism combined with
old fashioned nationalistic fantasies is a matter of concern, for sure. But the
other dimension – who is taking the lead and proposing a more generous and
democratic alternative that would make the European dream great again, as
someone would say – the answer is not so easy. Actually, I am still looking for
an answer.
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