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The talk today in Russia is of "Putinism," which professes democracy without as yet obliging the state to accept the disciplines of a truly democratic system.
But so, too, are the threats, including to the democratic process itself, when politicians violate rather than respect the rules that govern their intelligence services’ integrity.
Europe’s New Mission in AfricaThe EU’s military mission to ensure free and fair elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has shown what the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) can achieve in Africa.
Some observers see the outline of a democratic system emerging.
Many people point to the fact that few Muslim societies are democratic and conclude that Islam must be inherently undemocratic.
It is unreasonable in this democratic age to pay special deference to people solely on the basis of their birth.
The Fed as it currently operates is being protected by the left (the Democratic Party).
Europe and Turkey together must prove to themselves, and to the world, that Huntington's "clash of civilizations" is not unavoidable; that Christians, Jews, Moslems, and other believers and non-believers can build the "European Project" together; that a society with a large majority of Moslems, can be democratic and secular; and that Turks and Greeks can do what the French and Germans have done: overcome a century-long antagonism to build a "good neighborhood".
But if it does fulfill these conditions, further hesitation by Europe will undermine all those who want to bring Turkey's democratic transition to a successful conclusion.
Bendjedid, whose memoirs were recently published (he died in October), gave Algeria its first relatively democratic constitution, lifting the ban on political parties and guaranteeing a minimum of basic rights, including freedom of speech, assembly, and conscience.
Fearing threats to their vast economic empire and their grip on high politics, the generals decided to end the reforms, overturn the results of Algeria’s first democratic parliamentary elections, and remove Benjedid from power.
To ensure democratic legitimacy and satisfy national constitutional courts (not least Germany’s), a second European parliament would have to be established to serve as the eurozone’s legislative branch.
A political system’s clarity and comprehensibility, together with its voluntary nature, are essential to democratic legitimacy.
If there is one thing that is clear about the European Union’s institutional arrangements, it is that it is insufficiently democratic for the degree of integration that is now underway or planned.
But at a time when the European Union is making large integrationist strides forward, in the shape of the single currency and the negotiations that will begin on expansion eastward, it must in principle be obvious to any democrat that there must be some counterbalancing strengthening of the democratic factor.
This is why this week’s attempted censure vote in the European Parliament should not be deplored as a reckless act of irresponsibility, but should rather be recognised for what it is, and therefore welcomed, as a necessary and unavoidable act in support of the democratic principle.
Yes, of course; but that is the only way that Parliaments have, over the centuries, ever pushed forward the frontiers of democratic power against the executive.
If the democratic principle is not strengthened, it is most unlikely that the European Union will be able to deal satisfactorily with any of the massive challenges lying immediately ahead: making a success of the Single Currency, revising the Union’s spending policies, and reforming the Union’s existing policies and institutions.
Which means that they will be compelled to recognise that the Parliament should have the right to a more extensive, a more flexible, and a more democratic, power of sanction.
But the Commission cannot in the long run be vigorous unless the Union’s democratic principle is strengthened.
Others do not oppose secret diplomacy per se, but they believe that maintaining a reasonable degree of democratic accountability requires that a small subset of congressional leaders be informed.
Yet the history of secret diplomacy, under Republican and Democratic administrations alike, clearly illustrates its benefits.
That is why even some of Menendez’s Democratic colleagues, who may oppose Pompeo on policy grounds, cheered the news of his visit to North Korea.
Moreover, the Palestinian Authority has come neither to represent the majority of Palestinians nor to rule by democratic means.
With no institutionalized democratic legitimacy, the PA is bound to rely on its security forces and on those of the occupier, Israel, to enforce its will.
But the problem with “ruling couples” – in Argentina and, perhaps, throughout the world – is that no law or democratic constitution could envisage them.
Why are we suddenly experiencing so many close results in democratic elections?
To the committed observer, it does not appear that democratic countries’ electorates are so evenly divided along class or similar lines as to cause political stalemate.
Increasingly, the divisiveness of democratic polities reflects a combination of undecided voters, motivated by ephemeral sentiments, and the emergence of political activists, often focused on narrow issues, who exploit electoral volatility for their purposes.
Yet, as long as such leaders respect the democratic constitution, they are not likely to get very far; the next election will dislodge them.
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