Climate crisis leaves European farmers vulnerable to far right, say campaigners

Farmers protest in Madrid, Spain, in January this year, to demand EU measures to alleviate rising costs. Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP

The painful impacts of the climate crisis and globalisation have left farmers in Europe marginalised and vulnerable to populist politicians, warn anti-racism campaigners and academics.

They argue that if the transition to a low-carbon economy is not properly funded, planned and equitable, it risks fuelling a resurgence of the far right across the continent.