The Intelligence: Europe is not so hot on its green parties
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Melting ski slopes, floods and droughts are enraging the continent’s citizens, but not quite enough for them to consider voting differently. Our correspondent explains what the electorate is weighing up. The world’s largest maker of glasses is branching out into tech (10:41). And Gabriel GarcĂa Márquez’s new novella that he did not want published (16:32).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Ethan, host of the Green Room Podcast by Deloitte. |
| 0:07.0 | We explore the topics that matter most in business. |
| 0:09.8 | Every episode we dive into a big question on our mind like what will be the last job on earth |
| 0:14.2 | can a business make money and do good at the same time or should my next car be |
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| 0:25.6 | podcast just search the green room by Deloitte. The Economist. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm your host, Ora Ogimbi. |
| 0:48.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:54.0 | You've probably never heard of Esselor Loxotica, |
| 1:00.0 | even though it probably makes most of your sunglasses. |
| 1:04.0 | Well, now the company is trying something new. |
| 1:07.0 | Could smart glasses give the iconic multi-billion dollar company a new focus. |
| 1:15.0 | And the posthumous publication of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book is causing a bit of a stir. |
| 1:22.0 | Although he didn't want it published, |
| 1:24.0 | the English language version comes out today. |
| 1:26.0 | Should it have been released at all? But first. Not long ago in Europe as winter arrived skiers would flock to the Alps for guaranteed snow. Nowadays, warmer |
| 1:55.1 | temperatures mean that they're more likely than ever to be greeted by rain, and not |
| 2:00.0 | much of the white stuff. Hardly any snow and if there is it's artificial. |
| 2:06.0 | Winter has been unseasonably warm in lace in Switzerland. |
| 2:10.0 | The skiers here are disappointed. |
| 2:12.5 | The impacts the skiers here are disappointed. |
| 2:18.6 | The impact of climate change isn't just being felt by Europe skiers. Extreme weather like floods and droughts is increasingly affecting people across the continent. |
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