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Human Rights NGO Turns on Hungarian Government Over Move To Eliminate Half of Opposition MPs

Tamás Orbán June 25, 2026

“The Constitution should be the limit of power, not its instrument,” the prominent Hungarian watchdog warned.

The Special Shield Against the Disinformation of the Democracy Shield

Norman Lewis June 24, 2026

A committee established to defend democracy from manipulation has become the cheerleader for a system that treats democratic speech itself as a manipulable object.

The Fraud of Compromise

Sabine Beppler-Spahl June 22, 2026

It was not compromise but the avoidance—even suppression—of critical debate that lay at the heart of the technocratic governing style for which Merkel and her successors stand.

A man stands over a flag of Sweden during a demonstration in Quetta on July 7, 2023, as they protest against the burning of the Koran outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world.

Islam ‘Expert’ Tells Swedish Students “Democracy Is Haram”

Michael Curzon May 7, 2026

The man who told young Muslims democracy is a “great sin” is reportedly connected to an Islamist group banned in many countries.

Migration, the ECHR, and Europe’s Crisis of Authority

Nicoletta Kouroushi April 24, 2026

A people permitted to vote, but not truly to decide, will not indefinitely remain loyal to an order that denies the force of its own consent.

Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar (background, C) talks with journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station in Budapest, with an election poster of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the foreground during the parliamentary elections in Hungary, on April 12, 2026.

Orbán Defeat Dismantles Brussels’ False Narrative About Hungary

Javier Villamor April 13, 2026

For years, it was claimed that Viktor Orbán had turned Hungary into an autocracy where political alternation was impossible. Last night’s election proved the opposite.

Albania and the EU’s Convenient Fiction

Nathalie Beasnael April 10, 2026

EU leadership prioritises enlargement over rule of law in Albania, accepting democratic backsliding in exchange for political stability.

“Many common-sense solutions have been expelled from Europe’s political system”—Atlantic Council Expert Andrew Peek

Javier Villamor March 3, 2026

Transatlantic tensions increasingly stem from conflicting views on democracy and sovereignty, Peek says.

Brussels’ ‘Citizens’ Revolt’? The ‘Grassroots’ Campaign To Ban Russian Imports Raises Questions

Javier Villamor February 20, 2026

A recently registered citizens’ initiative reveals possible collusion between business interests, national governments, and the architects of the European Citizens’ Initiative.

Gender Quotas: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question

Sabine Beppler-Spahl February 19, 2026

The hollow claim that a quota would enhance democratic representation is glaring in light of the systematic exclusion of the right-populist AfD.

Tag: democracy

Human Rights NGO Turns on Hungarian Government Over Move To Eliminate Half of Opposition MPs

The Special Shield Against the Disinformation of the Democracy Shield

The Fraud of Compromise

Islam ‘Expert’ Tells Swedish Students “Democracy Is Haram”

Migration, the ECHR, and Europe’s Crisis of Authority

Orbán Defeat Dismantles Brussels’ False Narrative About Hungary

Albania and the EU’s Convenient Fiction

“Many common-sense solutions have been expelled from Europe’s political system”—Atlantic Council Expert Andrew Peek

Brussels’ ‘Citizens’ Revolt’? The ‘Grassroots’ Campaign To Ban Russian Imports Raises Questions

Gender Quotas: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question

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