In 2019, populists were on an unprecedented high. In France, the far-right Front National, Germany, the AfD and other right-wing and populist parties elsewhere, and regimes like Poland and Hungary make the prospect look grim for Europe’s successful fight against climate warming.

With the help of private donors and German NGOs, we created a social media campaign to lure young people to the ballots. Fortunately, the European 2019 election somewhat reigned in the hostile forces, and the future looks not as grim as it did before.