Robin Cafolla is a the co-founder of Rabharta Glas (Green Left). He is a software engineer and climate activist. Cafolla is originally from Carlow and is a keen amateur photographer.

Climate Change is the most pressing issue on a global level, but sadly I don't see the existing political structures of the European Union dealing with the problem. The two existing landmark pieces of European legislation go nowhere near far enough. The European Green Deal commits to being climate neutral by 2050, fully twenty years too late to prevent Climate Breakdown, while the Nature Restoration Law sets out with correct ambition, to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but has no teeth and no funding.

If we want to prevent Climate Breakdown and guarantee a future we need revolutionary changes to be made to our political and economic systems right across Europe. The only way that will happen is with a mass movement of workers and carers coming together to transform our society into a true democracy.

Rabharta, the party I helped found, aims to build that movement. We believe a Workers Democracy is the only pathway to prevent climate breakdown.

I would seek to join The Left. Climate Change and workers rights are areas of strong alignment.

Someone would vote for me because they care about preventing climate breakdown and want someone with a vision for Europe that goes beyond corporate profits and top-down bureaucratic control.

They would want to see someone stand up to the fascists gaining popularity in Europe and show people desperate for answers on the cost of living and housing crises that there is a real solution instead of blaming migrants who are not the problem.

Someone would vote for me because they believe in worker ownership of their own workplaces, a Universal Basic Income, a public service where front-line workers elect their managers, a health service run by doctors and nurses, a democratic European Union and an end to the Europe-wide housing crisis.