The 'hedgehog' approach of mainly trying to shield the EU against authoritarian influences from abroad also falls short because many authoritarian influences come from within. A hedgehog is no match f...

Democracy erodes from the top

The European Democracy Hub asked experts on democracy to reflect on the pivotal year of elections and its impact on democratic politics.

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The Italian prime minister’s calculation isn’t hard to understand — her party has a comfortable lead in the polls, but it’s far from an overwhelming majority.

It is never a good sign when Viktor Orbán celebrates the election results of another country. Last Wednesday was one of those days. For the first time in the history of Dutch politics, a far-right pa...

Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have recently stated that most of the company's top-spending advertisers from last year have returned.