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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.

MCC Brussels Launches Observatory To Expose EU Election Meddling

TEC News February 11, 2026

The project seeks to protect democracy, ensure genuine accountability, and safeguard free expression across Europe.

Supporters of right-wing nationalist party AUR and of presidential candidate Călin Georgescu hold a banner reading “democracy” as they march in Bucharest on January 12, 2025 to protest against the annulment of the second tour of the presidential election asking president Iohannis resign.

When Brussels Decides the Winner: Romania and the Crisis of European Democracy

Mădălin Sârbu February 6, 2026

When electoral outcomes depend on conformity to approved narratives, voters are no longer citizens exercising constitutional rights—they are just pawns in a supervised process.

Romania’s Mercosur Submission: Obedience Over Democracy

Mădălin Sârbu January 16, 2026

The Mercosur vote confirms a troubling pattern: Romania has become exemplary in compliance, yet persistently inadequate when it comes to defending its own national interest.

Europeans May Not Love Trump—but Many Agree With Him

Mick Hume December 15, 2025

The “weak” elites he attacks are the real enemies of European democracy.

Tag: democracy

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

MCC Brussels Launches Observatory To Expose EU Election Meddling

When Brussels Decides the Winner: Romania and the Crisis of European Democracy

Romania’s Mercosur Submission: Obedience Over Democracy

Europeans May Not Love Trump—but Many Agree With Him

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