Tag: Democracy

Categories EU

‘Democracy is being tested’: Polish PM hits out at Brussels, claiming it infringes on rights of member states

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Poland’s prime minister has lashed out with accusations that EU institutions impede on the rights of its member nations following a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal that Warsaw’s laws reign supreme over Brussels’. … Read More >‘Democracy is being tested’: Polish PM hits out at Brussels, claiming it infringes on rights of member states

Categories World

‘Cold War-style crusade against dissenters’: Lavrov roasts Biden’s idea of ‘democracy summit’ that ‘divides world into us v them’

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Russia’s Foreign Minister has criticized the US’ idea to convene a “Leader’s Summit for Democracy”, calling it another example of Cold War-style block mentality that would split the international community into “us and them.” … Read More >‘Cold War-style crusade against dissenters’: Lavrov roasts Biden’s idea of ‘democracy summit’ that ‘divides world into us v them’

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More than half of people living in democracies believe their freedoms have been overly restricted during the Covid-19 pandemic

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A survey has shown that 53% of citizens living in democracies feel their freedoms are being infringed upon by their government’s response to Covid-19, and the dissatisfaction has grown since last year. … Read More >More than half of people living in democracies believe their freedoms have been overly restricted during the Covid-19 pandemic

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Democracy is not Coca-Cola’: Beijing says US shouldn’t assume that representative government ‘tastes’ the same all over the world

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington to abandon its ideological approach to foreign policy, arguing that it is wrong of the US to try to model the rest of the world in its own image. … Read More >‘Democracy is not Coca-Cola’: Beijing says US shouldn’t assume that representative government ‘tastes’ the same all over the world

Categories Asia & Pacific

Democracy has seen 500,000 US Covid deaths: China hits back as Biden says Xi Jinping ‘doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body’

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The Chinese foreign ministry has issued a stern rebuke of US President Joe Biden’s criticism of Beijing’s supposed lack of democratic values, claiming a label of democracy is not as important as looking after a country’s people. … Read More >Democracy has seen 500,000 US Covid deaths: China hits back as Biden says Xi Jinping ‘doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body’

Categories Shows

State vs. Derek Chauvin: The most important trial of 2021 & the real threat to US democracy

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Jury selection is underway in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd. Civil Rights Attorney Nekima Levy-Armstrong discusses the fight for justice in the sea of institutional racism. Democrat Civil War: Progressives vs. Establishment, and Republicans attack US citizens’ right to vote. … Read More >State vs. Derek Chauvin: The most important trial of 2021 & the real threat to US democracy

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CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: Backing democracy?

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The Biden administration is still young, but its foreign policy – particularly in the Middle East – is an echo of past failures. And this administration does not have a learning curve. And does Washington really support democracy in the world in any case? Ukraine’s crackdown on independent media should give us all pause. … Read More >CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: Backing democracy?