Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
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The last decade or so has witnessed the seemingly unstoppable rise of populism across Europe and the world. The ruling Law and Justice party in Poland were one example of the trend and there were no signs they were going anywhere. But a couple of weekends ago, Poland voted for a change. We explore the shock result, how we got here and what drove the record turnout with Piotr Buras and Anne Applebaum. Then we speak to young climate activist Dominika Lasota about her role mobilising women in the election. What can we learn from Poland and is there hope on the horizon?
Guests
Piotr Buras, the Head of the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Warsaw Office (@PiotrBuras1 / @ecfr)
Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and Pulitzer-prize winning historian (@anneapplebaum / @TheAtlantic)
Dominika Lasota, climate activist and co-founder of the climate campaign group Wschód (@lasotellia / @wschod)
More information
Read Anne's article in the Atlantic: 'Poland Shows that Autocracy is not Inevitable'
Read analysis from the ECFR about Poland's future and its relationship with Poland
Find out more about Wschód
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