A Different Politics: Green Leadership and the 2024 EU Elections
Over the past decade, European politics has been transformed by two trends. On the one hand, the rise of populist leaders offering easy answers and the promise to stick up for their “people”. On the other, a political and social awakening around the climate crisis and the fundamental society-wide challenge it represents. This debate will discuss what these twin developments reveal about politics and society today and what role they will play in the 2024 elections.
Organised by the Green European Journal.
Speakers
Gwendoline Delbos Corfield – MEP Greens/EFA
Born in Great Britain, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine (France) before moving to Grenoble for her studies, where she was elected municipal and then regional councillor. Member of the Committee of the European Green Party from 2012 to 2019, she has always linked local political commitment with European commitment. Member of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, she is involved in constitutional issues, civil liberties, rule of law, digital rights and equality (women and LGBTI rights, antiracism and fight against discrimination).
Vesna Jusup – Operations Director at European Centre for Digital Action
Vesna’s educational background is in Art history, Museology and Pedagogy. But, last two decades she spent in the Green family, working on capacity building, networking, leadership and impact of young Greens, FYEG, CDN and Green parties. The last Green post Vesna held was the position of the Head of Policy, Strategy and Capacity development unit in the European Green party. Today, Vesna works as Operations director in European Center for Digital action, on a mission to raise digital capacities of the progressive political parties and organisations, specialized in digital organizing and small donor fundraising.
Klaudia Jachira- Member of Sejm, Partia Zieloni.
Klaudia Krystyna Jachira is a Polish politician and actress. She is a member of the Sejm since 2019.
Moderator: Michał Sutowski – Political Scientist
Michał is a political scientist, commentator and analyst, columnist for Krytyka Polityczna online magazine, and a translator. Most recently he edited the book “Obwarzanek po polsku” (The Polish Doughnut) and chaired a seminar on Kate Raworth’s book Doughnut Economics in Krytyka Polityczna Institute. He also hosts of the podcast “Eko-pol”.