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AAP alleges Opposition working together to ‘weaken democracy’; Opposition says AAP diverting attention from its governance failures

MEPs back resolution stating country led by Viktor Orbán has become ‘hybrid regime of electoral autocracy’

Hungary is no longer a "full democracy" and the EU needs to do everything to bring it back into line with European values, the European Parliament said Thursday.

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

A large majority of European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to condemn damage to democracy in Hungary under veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, stepping up pressure on the bloc to cut funding for the ex-communist country.

Patriotism is defined as “love for or devotion to one’s country,” a value that, historically, Americans have shared very broadly. Yet one would not be criticized for questioning whether this trait is waning in the face of deep polarization, mounting national pessimism and politicization of the topic itself. In just…

On Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, we’re reminding our readers of the challenges America faces in these fraught times — and how to fight back.

Attacks on voting rights, unequal application of the law, MAGA Republicans and the fear of others are among the reasons for the threats our readers wrote to us about.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday he could see the possibility of victory for democracy in Ukraine and vowed to send more weapons as the country battles to extend its territorial gains against Russia.

The popular governor of Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Thursday said he is "prepared" to run for president of the world's third-largest democracy in 2024, despite not yet securing the support of any political party.

A county court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2022, became the first in more than 150 years to disqualify a person from public office because they participated in an insurrection.