{"id":470056,"date":"2026-11-03T18:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/03\/cese-piu-politica-dal-basso-contro-il-disimpegno-dei-cittadini-lestrema-destra-e-la-polarizzazione\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:12:24","slug":"eesc-more-grassroots-politics-to-combat-civic-disengagement-the-far-right-and-polarisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/03\/eesc-more-grassroots-politics-to-combat-civic-disengagement-the-far-right-and-polarisation\/","title":{"rendered":"EESC: “More grassroots politics to combat civic disengagement, the far right, and polarisation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Local associations, community initiatives, and the voluntary sector must play a more active role in strengthening European democracy. Why? Because we need to counter “the disengagement of European citizens from public life, the rise of the far right and growing political polarisation.” This was emphasised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in an opinion<\/a> on democratic and inclusive participation<\/strong> adopted during its last plenary session in October. The text urges the EU and its Member States to strengthen organisations in this sector, as well as to offer citizens greater opportunities to influence decisions affecting their communities. \u201cOur key message is simple: Europe\u2019s democratic resilience cannot be built by the institutions alone. It requires a strong and independent civil society, as well as the active participation of citizens and communities,\u201d explained the rapporteur for the text, Ionu\u0163 Sibian<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The opinion highlights that \u201cacross Europe, many people are becoming increasingly disengaged from democratic life,\u201d<\/strong> in particular \u201cyoung people living outside urban centres, disadvantaged communities, and minorities.\u201d According to the EESC, this disengagement is linked to \u201cthe shrinking of civic space, structural exclusion, and a lack of opportunities to participate in decision-making processes \u2013 factors which are fuelling the rise of far-right nationalist parties.\u201d The Committee noted that if communities are excluded from democratic processes, \u201cthey risk losing trust in public institutions, while at the same time becoming more vulnerable to manipulation and disinformation.\u201d In a context already marked by growing political polarisation across Europe, it is therefore made clear that strengthening democracy does not mean \u201cmerely protecting institutions from internal and external threats, but also creating opportunities for people to participate actively in shaping public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Local associations, community initiatives, and the voluntary sector must play a more active role in strengthening European democracy. Why? Because we need to counter “the disengagement of European citizens from public life, the rise of the far right and growing political polarisation.” This was emphasised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":470030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25774,29788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-brief","category-diritti-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470057,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470056\/revisions\/470057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}