The conventional wisdom that mass migration was a driving force in the sharp rightward turn in the European Union’s Parliamentary elections is absolutely correct, but a lot of people are missing another crucial factor: what is being called “Greenlash.”
I’m not sure if dissident Democrat Ruy Teixeira coined the term, but if not he deploys it to good effect in his Substack essay on The Liberal Patriot. (Note that “liberal patriot” sounds strange enough to our ears that it makes a good site name).
“While there’s no doubt that concerns about immigration were key to the right populist surge in these elections, the role of backlash against green policies (call it “greenlash”) should not be underestimated.”https://t.co/uAYyVKUiV3
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) June 20, 2024
The European elite has been going Green even longer and harder than the United States and, consequently,…
