Double Standards for Environmental Protests in Europe

Raids, interrogations, arrests and record prison sentences. These are the increasingly heavy handed tactics used against environmental campaigners across Europe. But meanwhile, traffic disruption, border blockades and even threatening ministers by farming protesters are met with silence, or even rewarded. When it comes to policing environmental protest in Europe, are double standards at play? Europe,…

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Raids, interrogations, arrests and record prison sentences. These are the increasingly heavy handed tactics used against environmental campaigners across Europe.

But meanwhile, traffic disruption, border blockades and even threatening ministers by farming protesters are met with silence, or even rewarded.

When it comes to policing environmental protest in Europe, are double standards at play?

Europe, Day by Day is a Europod production in partnership with Sphera Network.

The executive producer of Europe, Day by Day is Alexander Damiano Ricci.

The host of today’s episode is Seden Anlar.

The scriptwriter of this episode is Emma Belmonte.

This episode was produced and edited by Seden Anlar.

Original soundtrack by Thomas Kusberg.

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