If you think all hope is lost, think again.
This weekend, everyone expected the extreme right to win in France.
Millions of people had other ideas.
They voted. In droves!
And they beat the far right’s hate and division. Into third place. It’s unbelievable!
And it’s not just in France. In the biggest election year in history, far-right populists were planning to pop the champagne in country after country across Europe – but across the continent people rose to beat them back. The far right grew a little, but the centre held.
Over the last couple of months, Avaazers fought tooth and nail across Europe and beyond. We brought together Holocaust survivors and took over TV stations and newspapers, investigated the far right’s ties to dictators, grabbed public attention with demonstrations, media stunts and viral videos that reached millions — and moved politicians to tears by bringing the survivors of far-right policies to the halls of power.
I’ve never been more proud to be part of this movement.
And I hope you’re just as proud. None of this would have been possible without you. Without your belief that it’s worth fighting even if the odds are stacked against us. Without the hundreds of thousands of signatures and small donations that each say:
Hope dies last.
Hell yeah it does! So, here’s a glimpse into the work we did over the last couple of months – from France to Germany, from Poland to Spain. For all the hope and determination you brought to make this happen:
Thank you! 🌈
All this work, from beginning to end, was funded by Avaaz members like you. Thank you for making all this possible! In case you want to support Avaaz in the long run, we’d be thrilled if you could chip in a small weekly donation. It will help us fight back the extreme right, run campaigns to defend human rights and our planet, and react at lightning speed when the world needs us most. Thank you 🙏
More information:
France’s far right suffers surprise blow as voters rally to block it from power (France24)
Holocaust survivors urge young Europeans to vote against far right(The Guardian)
People in Paris and Brussels protest against the far right gains(Euronews)
Protesters rally against Spain’s right-wing Vox party’s conference(Euronews)
Hungary’s LGBT+ community calls out PM Orban: ‘We live in a bubble of terror’ (The Independent)