The neoliberal fantasy of the world as a de-politicised marketplace has been decisive in the rise of the regressive nationalistic populism holding sway across so much of the world today.
When he won in 2017 Macron was hailed as the new European leader who would stop the rise of the populist right. To win in 2022 he is adopting populist rightist nativist themes.
Ukrainian law enforcement have stopped their investigation into crimes committed during the country’s 2014 revolution. And Ukraine’s parliament is ignoring a possible solution to the problem - all on the sixth anniversary of the beginning of Euromaidan.
