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The green transition is vital to Europe’s future. Rebuilding economies to achieve climate neutrality is essential not only to avoid a catastrophe but also to maintain the state’s capacity to meet social and individual needs at a level that ensures a high quality of life. The need for action on…
Edwin Bendyk, President of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation
Joan Groizard Payeras, Director General of the IDAE, Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Spain
Chaired by
Susi Dennison, Senior Fellow and Director Europen Power programme, ECFR
Europeans are divided over a range of issues in the European Green Deal, including the controversial carbon border adjustment mechanism and the future role of nuclear energy. How can decision-makers mobilise creative coalitions and integrate the European Green Deal into EU foreign policy to deliver on the deal?
ECFR’s new report ‘Europe’s green moment: How to meet the climate challenge’, launched ahead of Earth Day, maps out the national politics of the European Green Deal using insights from public opinion polling in nine EU countries and expert surveys from 27 member states.
Defending democracy
Edwin Bendyk, the boss of Stefan Batory Foundation, explains why democracy is important and the inner workings of the Foundation, in a tête-à-tête with the WBJ’s chief political editor.
INTERVIEW BY EWA BONIECKA
WBJ: How do you see your role in the ongoing difficult political and economic situation in Poland?
Edwin Bendyk: I see my role as a continuation of the Foundation’s mission of supporting democracy and civil society. Democracy and its future depend on all of us. We want to popularize such values as tolerance, openness, listening to people and seeking contacts with people holding different views among others. We have a vision of Poland which is democratic, free, open, respecting the law and freedom, rejecting discrimination, supporting civil society, free culture and all public institutions and which defends democracy on various levels of society and rejects all types of undemocratic behavior. One exam