Building a European Public Opinion

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Building a European Public Opinion
By Roberto Morea | 28 Jul 23 | Posted under: Media , European Union
Climate change, the living conditions of women, war, immigration: these are some of the issues addressed and told from different points of view and at different latitudes in this ePublication published by the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) in cooperation with transform! italia and co-funded by the European Union.
Europe is a construction in the making and often this construction is endangered by events and crises that challenge it. It is clear that, in addition to political differences and divergences, one of the elements of weakness in this construction is the difficulty of finding a common language that unites the continent.
This is why the work that political foundations do to succeed in supporting the integration process and to arrive at the definition of a unified public opinion must involve a Europe that addresses the issues and themes that run through people’s lives, not just as detached national affairs, but directly as European citizens. This is also why transform! Europe has promoted the “Media Alliance” project to strengthen
and network a number of newspapers and media outlets with the intention of empowering each of these to share that plurality of views and opinions necessary to build a true European public opinion.
This was the intent behind this publication, a collection of stories and points of view on some of the issues that we consider central to the policy discussion.
Climate change, the living conditions of women, war, immigration: these are some of the issues addressed and told from different points of view and at different latitudes in this ePublication published by the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) in cooperation with transform! italia and co-funded by the European Union. The hope is that this work will succeed in raising awareness of “being in the same boat” and moving forward in an inclusive Europe that can come to terms with the need to improve both the lives and well-being of its citizens, as well as the relationship of European economies with the reduction of negative environmental impacts they have.
Download the e-publication in PDF format on the transform! italia website (where you can also watch the inaugural web conference by the authors) or on the ENoP page.
Table of Contents
•  Introduction
Roberto Morea
•  COVID-19: The Irresponsibility of Individual Responsibility
María Iglesias Caballero, Mario Fontán Vela, Pedro Gullón Tosio
•  "The Abortion Ban in Poland is the Result of a Deal between the Church
and the Right Wing, Not the Will of the Majority of Society" —
INTERVIEW with Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk
(Polish MP, Lewica Party, Women’s "Black Protests" Co-Organiser)
conducted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska
•  The Political Economy of Abortion. The Case of Romania
Maria Cernat
•  Poland: A Quarter-Century of Abortion Ban – from Bad to Worse
Bojan Stanislavski
•  "No Wall can Stop Refugees" —
INTERVIEW with Kamila Fiałkowska
(Researchers on the Border)
conducted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska
•  INTERVIEW with Adrian Dohotaru,
Head of the Green Party in Romania
Maria Cernat
•  A “New Pact” for Immigration in the European Union
Stefano Galieni
•  The European Approach to Immigration
Cristiana Pipitone
•  Certain Ideas Need to Mature
INTERVIEW with Marek Budzisz
(Columnist, analyst for the publication Strategy & Future,
historian specialised in Russia and post-Soviet East)
conducted by Wojciech Lobodzinski
•  Are Foreigners Spoiling the Polish Labour Market?
No, It Has Already Been Spoiled for a Long Time!
INTERVIEW with Nadia leszczuk
(Confedation Youth Labour activist and
leader of the Unions Help Refugees project)
conducted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska
•  Our Prisons
Maria Pia Calemme
•  The Eternal Return of Nuclear Power
Francesca Stazzonelli
•  “When the Wise Man Points at the Climatic Crisis,
in Italy, Fools Look at the Washable Paint”
Elena Mazzoni
•  A Network of the Peace Movement
Against the War in Ukraine.
A Proposal from Southern Europe
Marga Sanz, José Luis Centella