Europe's Degrowth: A Rhetorical Fantasy to Slow Economy (?)

Just in late May 2023, the European Parliament conducted the "Beyond Growth" conference. The EU The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference is a multi-stakeholder event aiming to discuss and co-create policies for sustainable prosperity in Europe. When it was first held in 2018, the idea of degrowth in Europe's policies faced a lot of backlashes, as stated by Philippe Lamberts, a Green MEP behind Beyond Growth.  But what is interesting from the outcome of this, is that Europe's parliament has a strong preference towards degrowth in the economy. The trajectory of the concept from facing many backlashes for the "controversial" nature of going against the status quo in measuring the economy, to being a considerable option to put in Europe's economic policies is a topic worth dissecting.