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All over Europe, Green and left-wing political parties are confronted with rising political movements that claim to speak in the name of ´the people´. These right-wing populist movements pit themselves against mainstream politics, which they regard as elitist.
Their proclaimed aim is to protect the identity of the ´Christian Western civilization´ by closing borders and attacking cultural, ethnic and religious minorities. They threaten the most fundamental European values, since they deny notions of diversity, open-mindedness, critical (self)reflection and tolerance. Their discourse touches the essence of democracy and cannot be left without a retort.
In this collection of essays, politicians, scientists and journalists from different parts of Europe take up the urgent challenge of analysing what is going on in our societies today.
