Voting Is Not a Statement Samuel Wigutow August 26, 2024 Good character in elected officials is something of a luxury. It is a mistake to consider it apart from questions of governance.
Tradition and The Democratic Decision-Making Process Ferenc Hörcher August 10, 2024 In Tradition and the Deliberative Turn, Ryan R. Holston warns that democracy cannot function well without tradition.
Blair 2.0: UK Labour Strips Parliament of Yet More Power Michael Curzon July 24, 2024 Unelected officials are the winners in all this; representative democracy is the loser.
Biden Drama Reveals Ruling Class With Power, but No Authority Rod Dreher July 22, 2024 Ruling class mandarins on both sides of the Atlantic are hollowing out the institutions of liberal democratic governance.
Cordon Sanitaire: Patriots Denied EU Parliament Vice Presidency Tamás Orbán July 17, 2024 Only two of the parliament’s top 15 positions went to right-wing parties, despite national conservatives holding a quarter of the Brussels seats.
EU Leftist Elite Scrambles To Block Patriots for Europe Tamás Orbán July 10, 2024 Isolating the third largest group in Brussels would be “deeply anti-democratic,” Patriots’ MEP Enikő Győri said.
‘Backroom Logic’: Meloni Threatens To Derail von der Leyen Nomination Deal Tamás Orbán June 26, 2024 “No true democrat can accept” a select few deciding for everyone else, the furious Italian PM said.
“Is This a Joke?” Polish PM Given Democracy Prize Despite Crackdowns Thomas O'Reilly June 21, 2024 Critics have decried double standards over rule-of-law issues in Poland.
How EU Wages ‘Lawfare’ Against Member States The Editors May 23, 2024 These purported legal disputes are really a power struggle between Brussels and conservative national governments, most notably in Hungary and, previously, Poland.
The Most Dangerous Enemies of European Democracy Don’t Carry Guns Mick Hume May 21, 2024 The shooting of Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico has brought out the worst in the EU elites.
