Šárka Pittnerová and Lubomír Kopeček published a new article in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Šárka Pittnerová and Lubomír Kopeček published a new article in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies titled "No to the ‘mad’ Green Deal, yes to ‘quality’ Czech food: how the far-right populist Freedom and Direct Democracy messages on environmental issues".
The article examines the position of the key Czech far-right party, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), on environmental issues, especially the Green Deal. The SPD sharply rejects supranational climate initiatives and promotes solutions at the national level. In its rhetoric, it emphasizes topics such as water and food quality. It portrays the European Union and the national government in a dark light, uses nostalgia for the past, and prefers autarky. It criticizes the Green Deal as a threat to national industry, personal mobility, and state independence. Furthermore, the SPD links its arguments against EU climate policy with its ideology—primarily with nativism and hard Euroscepticism.
