EUROPE

GERMANY: ‘The goal is a resilient democracy that doesn’t just react to the far right but builds alternatives’

Lorenz Blumenthaler | GERMANY

ITALY: ‘White supremacist concepts are entering mainstream political discourse on migration’

Eleonora Celoria | ITALY

PORTUGAL: ‘The far right’s electoral legitimacy can eventually become governmental power’

Jonni Lopes | PORTUGAL

EU: ‘Funding civil society advocacy isn’t just legitimate – it’s a legal duty’

Giada Negri | BELGIUM

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

THE NETHERLANDS: ‘The direction of policy-making will depend on where the government seeks support’

Aïcha Chaghouani | THE NETHERLANDS

ALBANIA: ‘Corruption is a serious problem, but no political force commands enough public trust to unite demands’

Gresa Hasa | AUSTRIA

‘Freedom always returns – but only if we hold fast to our values and sustain the struggle’

Mikola Dziadok | BELARUS

‘People reacted to a system of governance shaped by informal powers and personal interests’

Zahari Iankov | BULGARIA

‘We haven’t inherited democracy, so we’ve had to reinvent it ourselves’

Mihajlo Matković | SERBIA

‘The Crime and Policing Bill is one of the most far-reaching attempts to curtail the right to protest’

Liberty | UNITED KINGDOM