DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Portugal’s far-right surge

Repeated elections see end of two-party stability

Romania’s democracy in turmoil

Centrist candidate secures narrow victory amid rising ultranationalism, digital disinformation and ‘stolen vote’ rhetoric

US democracy under siege

As institutional guardrails are swept away, civil society stands its ground

Australia’s powerful rebuke to Trump-style populism

Election result echoes Canada’s rejection of a lurch to the right

From grief to action: demands for democratic renewal across the Balkans

Mass protest movements sparked by national tragedies call for systemic change

Turkey’s democratic uprising

Protests confront increasingly autocratic government

Germany’s democracy faces extremism test

Far-right AfD becomes second-largest party and challenges firewall

Guinea: democracy delayed once more

Latest deadline for democratic transition missed by feet-dragging junta

Belarus: a sham election that fools no one

Non-competitive vote held in climate of fear following civic space crackdown

Venezuela: the democratic transition that wasn’t

Maduro’s contested inauguration deepens political crisis