🎧 “Life is Crap” — Hungary’s viral anthem — turns youth frustration into protest. When music meets grievance politics, pain becomes power and despair becomes solidarity.
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s

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🌍🤝 PLEDGE consortium members were present at the #ECPR conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 (26 – 29 August 2025), engaging in key debates on democracy, governance & grievance politics.
💬✨ Stay tuned — more posts & insights coming soon!!!

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🧠How can we design democratic processes that truly feel public?

📘 Read the full report here:
🔗https://www.pledgeproject.eu/report-on-design-principles-for-emotion-sensitive-policy-making-wp6-pledge-project-on-zenodo/

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🔍 The PLEDGE Codebook v.1 unpacks the emotional logic behind protests, polarization, and civic engagement—with real-world examples, emotional mechanisms, and research-ready tools.

📥 Interested in exploring more?
Download the full document here: www.pledgeproject.eu/research-rep...

📢 NEW RELEASE: PLEDGE Conceptual Framework v1
At the heart of the framework are two emotional engines:
💢 EMRes: Resentment, hostility, polarization;
💞 EMSoS: Empathy, solidarity, action.
📘 Download the full report here: www.pledgeproject.eu/research-rep....
🔗 Visit our website: www.pledgeproject.eu.

When people feel unheard, humiliated, excluded… They don’t compromise. They withdraw. Or retaliate.
🧠 PLEDGE maps the reasons behind that. You can’t fix what you don’t feel.
📘 This and many more to come at Grievance Politics Briefings.
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/1-what-is-gr...
Stay tuned.