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Democracy and its enemies
Join us as we discuss the major threats to democracy in 2023 and suggest potential solutions on how to overcome them.
About the event
This debate will focus on the dangers that democracy in Europe is currently facing. We will explore how fake news, hate speech, and the discrediting of social movements, politics and organisations harm democratic processes.
The debate will focus on the influence these issues have on the younger generations and how young people experience messages such as climate change denial or lost hope in the face of the climate emergency or how unbridled capitalism delegitimise governments to favour of economic growth.
This debate is particularly relevant now that the pandemic and war in Ukraine produce a sense of unease, providing an opportunity for authoritarian views to become more widespread.
Project background
The event is the first one in a series of three debates, taking place in Barcelona and revolving around three pressing issues; the state of democracy, local policies for a fair and just transition, and Green Taxation.
Speakers
- Pablo Simon, Political Scientist
- Cristina Monge, Sociologist and Political Activist
- Eudald Espluga, Philosopher
- Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, MEP Greens/EFA
Programme
6.30 p.m. Introduction of the speakers start of speakers’ interventions.
7.30 p.m. – 8 p.m. discussion with the audience
Practicalities
Date and Time: 24th April, 18:30
Location: Espai Assemblea of CCOO (Via Laietana, 16 Barcelona)
Language: Catalan/Spanish and English
Registration: Please reserve your spot here
This event organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundació Nous Horitzons and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.