Net-zero targets are unrealistic, unaffordable, undemocratic, and ultimately pointless without leadership from China. These top-down mandates, imposed in the name of “saving the planet,” are the dream of unelected bureaucrats and the nightmare of hardworking citizens. Such targets often attract bad actors. Today, the European Green Deal has devolved into a Trojan horse for degrowth radicals, lobbyists, and power brokers whose vested interests contradict the very idea of environmental preservation. Over time, this centralized approach, with its uncertain benefits but undeniable costs, leads to outcomes reminiscent of a Soviet-style depression. Ordinary citizens are left feeling powerless and alienated, fostering widespread cynicism and an erosion of trust in institutions, media, education, and democracy itself. Under the guise of green laws, absurd policies are born—policies that achieve little more than unemployment, greenflation, and forms of socialism. Far from solving problems, these laws exacerbate geopolitical tensions and create energy and food insecurity. They are a ticking time bomb for conflict, albeit one without a clear timeline. These same laws also de-industrialize economies and stifle energy-intensive innovations like AI, posing an existential threat to the prosperity of nations. They achieve the opposite of what they claim to deliver. People are increasingly aware of this reality. In many cultures and communities, however, fear of social backlash keeps them silent. Tribal mechanisms can be unforgiving, but lived experiences are hard to ignore. Many are simply sick and tired of being told how to live their lives. European political parties that understand this will be the ones to lead their nations. Those that attempt to please everyone will fade into irrelevance. The EU itself, as an institution, is at risk.

Référendum en Suisse : la population vote massivement contre l'idée d'"une économie responsable dans les limites de la planète"