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N. Pestel
ROA / Labour market and training
Research Centre for Educ & Labour Market
School of Business and Economics
n.pestel@maastrichtuniversity.nl
ROA / Labour market and training
Research Centre for Educ & Labour Market
School of Business and Economics
a.degrip@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Ahead of the European elections, there are concerns about the state of democracy and rule of law in Europe. In the Netherlands, it is a concern hanging around the formation table. For a long time, Poland seemed to be heading in the same direction as Hungary, but since last October's elections, the tide seems to have turned there. The most important lesson we can learn from Poland? Democracy is not made in the voting booth, but on the streets.
All in all, when reading about the farmers' protests, few people will have thought "this is good news for the EU. And yet the farm protests might well be just that.