It’s about democracy, censorship, power – and the courage not to bow down.
Ruth Firmenich sits in the European Parliament as an independent member for the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance.
She is fighting against the illegal sanctions imposed by the EU on Jacques Baud and 58 other people – people whose analyses, writings and research do not fit into the official narrative.
In this conversation, she talks about the attack on freedom of expression and freedom of the press, about the end of the rule of law in Europe and about the political elite’s fear of dissenting voices.