Policy Analysis

Woke entryism into the EU? 

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written by Matthieu Levivier · 29 April 2023 · 0 comment

While wokism is evident in academic and artistic circles, it is also permeable to the world of politics. In the front line: the European institutions. We take the temperature.

In October 2021, European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli published a «handbook on inclusive communication»: 32 pages designed to teach European Commission employees proper etiquette. Gone is the traditional «Ladies and Gentlemen,» which, as the manual noted, excludes all other forms of address; in its place is the more neutral «Dear Colleagues.» No more «Christmas break»—replace it with «winter break.» Finally, don’t talk about «colonizing Mars» anymore, but rather ’sending humans to Mars.«.

After it was leaked to the press, the textbook was withdrawn to be «revised,» which suggested that if there was a problem at all, it was only a matter of form. The director of the Center for Studies

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