BRUSSELS — European Parliament members this week rubbished the EU executive's Democracy Shield plan, an initiative aimed at bolstering the bloc's defenses against Russian sabotage, election meddling ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in his country, is scheduled to meet with former President Donald Trump, now the ...

Nina Jankowicz, the head of former President Joe Biden’s “Disinformation Governance Board,” urged the EU to stand firm — not against adversaries like Russia but against the U.S. The European ...

Second, observer status is only granted to countries that have signed an EU accession treaty and are awaiting full membership ...

Civil society and local autonomy proved decisive in Poland's democratic revival—lessons Budapest must now learn.

The president of the European Parliament said the presidential election in Belarus on January 26 is a "sham" and encouraged Belarusians to continue striving for democracy. "My message to the people of ...

That is the slogan we have heard and are hearing repeated endlessly since 2022 until today The European Union defends its “Democracy and Values” and those ...

The European Commission unveiled its new Democracy Shield on Wednesday, a roadmap to better protect democracies and electoral processes from foreign interference and information manipulation — ...

At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age. The flags of all EU member states fly outside the ...

Elsewhere, Musk calls for closure of Prague-based RFE/RL; Poland’s government declares ‘Breakthrough Year’; Slovak PM issues ultimatum to unruly coalition allies; and On Wednesday evening, the Czech ...