Head of EU’s democracy watchdog: ‘We have to raise our voices’
By France24
20 May 2023 |
4:05 pm
The watchdogs of EU democracy will have to be "much louder in the future" if they hope to see off a mounting threat from homegrown populists and autocrats who are chipping away at Europe's founding commitments to free speech and the rule of law, a top EU official has warned.
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