Jimmy Dore and Professor Glenn Diesen discuss whether European governments are increasingly disregarding public opinion on the Ukraine war, particularly when voters oppose continued military aid and support for negotiations with Russia. They focus on comments from Italy’s defense minister that governments should not follow public opinion when they believe it is wrong, with Diesen arguing that the divide between elected leaders and the people they represent is growing.
Diesen also cites controversies involving Germany’s AfD party, Marine Le Pen in France, and Romania’s cancelled presidential election, arguing that political and legal measures are being used to marginalize opposition to prevailing European policies toward Russia. The conversation broadens into a critique of unelected EU institutions, declining public trust, and the meaning of democracy, with Jimmy comparing political claims to represent democracy with similar appeals to unquestionable scientific authority.
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