Farmers' Protests and Political Narratives

Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow the Money found a very different story. Their investigation shows how the European People’s Party has cast NGOs into convenient scapegoats as it backpedals on the Green Deal. Related stories ➪ ftm.eu/articles/civil-society-shrinking-space-europe Follow the podcast https://www.ftm.eu/podcast/follow-the-money-the-podcast Follow FTM on social media: Instagram ➪ https://www.instagram.com/followthemoney_eu/ BlueSky ➪ https://bsky.app/profile/ftm.eu LinkedIn ➪ https://www.linkedin.com/company/follow-the-money-eu/ Become a member and support independent investigative journalism! https://www.ftm.eu/subscribe Follow Lise Witteman BlueSky: @lise-witteman.bsky.social‬