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Rebuilding trust in Europe will mean a new and more populist way of doing politics

The truth is that ‘trust me’ didn’t work and the much-vaunted expertise of the ‘third way’ politicians have contributed to the disarray we see all around us.

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The Vienna Policy Conference, October 29-30, 2015, will delve into one of the most important trends driving change in European politics: the dramatic drop in public trust in many political institutions. Policy researchers, activists, leading European thinkers, and political figures will discuss new research and analysis of the causes and consequences of the trust gap across the European continent. Debating Europe and openDemocracy will be covering the event and its follow-up, and we continue the series with the thoughts of the Director of the Migrant Rights' Network on what trust means in Europe today.

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"People welcome here":London solidarity. Demotix/Joe Reynolds. All rigths reserved.The gloomy reality of the European Union as it currently presents itself poses many daunting challenges to the political activist who sets herself the task of rebuilding trust in its core project.