Thought Woke Was Dead? Brussels Says It’s a Top Political Priority for 2026

The European Conservative ^ | 12 Jan, 2026 | Javier Villamor

[MtnClimber]

Brussels doubles down on gender, diversity, and decarbonisation while Europe’s strategic and social problems are pushed aside.

The European Commission has just made public its political priorities for 2026, and the result is hard to justify from any minimally realistic perspective. In an international context marked by war, geopolitical competition, energy insecurity, and internal social deterioration, Brussels has chosen to double down on an ideological agenda that appears utterly detached from the material reality facing Europeans.

While much of the world is moving towards more pragmatic positions on foreign policy, defence, and economic sovereignty, the European Union insists on turning climate and gender ideology into the central pillars of its political action.

The contrast speaks for itself. Among the issues the Commission claims to be leaving behind are matters that are central to everyday life and to the continent’s strategic stability: the war in Ukraine, dependence on Russian gas, soaring housing costs, job insecurity, and growing social divisions. In their place, the priorities for 2026 amount to a familiar repetition of vague and politically charged concepts: “democracy and European values,” gender equality, LGBT rights, accelerated decarbonisation, online safety, and sustainable finance. The message is unmistakable: structural problems are relegated to the background in favour of a cultural and identity-driven agenda.

This approach is no accident. It faithfully reflects the 2024–2029 Political Guidelines presented by the President of the Commission, which enshrine the continuity of the Green Deal, the expansion of equality and diversity policies, and a militant understanding of the “defence of democracy,” increasingly framed as control over public discourse and digital spaces.

Under the banner of fighting disinformation and extremism, Brussels is strengthening its regulatory impulse over the media, social networks, and algorithms, while sidestepping any serious debate on genuine pluralism and freedom of expression.

[MtnClimber]

We should step back, watch and vow never to do what the EU is doing.

[Telepathic Intruder]

“Wokeness” is Satanic in origin and will not die this side of Judgement Day. In a way, it’s always been around in one form or another.

[rktman]

Oh, the United states of Europe. Living proof that fidots are real. 🙄

[buckalfa]

Well is DEI, Woke, and Cancel Culture really dead in America or is it patiently waiting out Trump?

[Organic Panic]

Woke. Islam. Satanic. All the same dirty turd liberals think has a clean end.

[iamgalt]

This BS is part of the reason Trump wants Greenland. It will help building the fortress to hold the line for western civilization.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It's Europe.

Not much we can do about them.

[shaggy eel]

,,, Frohes Neues Jahr!

[Menes]

Vielen herzlichen Dank 😀 To you, too, and your dear ones😀

After losing an elderly aunt and a 37-year-old cousin last year, things can only get better for me personally.

My hope is that this wokeness shall also be defeated.

However, as fellow Freeper Telepathic Intruder has been saying so well in # 2, this evil has always been around in one form or the other. Yes, but still, don’t we all hope for its defeat? I know I do. So help us God Almighty ✝️🕎

[BDParrish]

Not one penny for their defense!
Not one Americal life risked in their military defense.
Get us out of all obsolete WWII treaty obligations!
If they need something from us us, they must PAY FOR IT in cash money.

[shaggy eel]

,,, you told me late last year you were expecting family losses - so sorry to hear they've have come to pass. Remember their smiles and the good times.

So help us God Almighty.

Yes!

[Menes]

Thank you very much for your compassion and your kind words🙂

Yes, my cousin, too, shuffled off this mortal coil on the 20th of December. She was 37.
She is now with her late father, I hope. She gave cancer one heck of a fight 😢

„When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fear subside;
Death of Death, and H.ll‘s destruction,
land me safe on Canaan‘s side:
Songs of praises,
Songs of praises,
I shall ever give to Thee;
I shall ever give to Thee!

😇✝️