Half of world's democracies in decline, intergovernmental watchdog says

Half of world’s democracies in decline, says report

"We’re seeing extraordinarily severe headwinds for democracy now," says think tank secretary general.

Half of world's democracies in decline - report

Half the world’s democratic countries are experiencing an erosion of democracy, intensified by war in Ukraine and economic crisis, an international think tank said in a report on Wednesday. “We’re seeing extraordinarily severe headwinds for democracy now, intensified by the political fallout from the economic crisis that started with the pandemic and the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine”, International IDEA secretary-general Kevin Cas…

Half of world's democracies in decline, intergovernmental watchdog says

STOCKHOLM, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Half of the world's democracies are in a state of decline amid worsening civil liberties and rule of law while already authoritarian governments are becoming more oppressive, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Wednesday. In its annual report, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said democratic institutions were being undermined by issues ranging from res…

Half of world's democracies in decline, according to new watchdog report

Half of European democracies suffer erosion, Africa shows resilience: Watchdog report

Half of the world’s democracies are in a state of decline amid worsening civil liberties and rule of law while already authoritarian governments are becoming more oppressive, Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said on Wednesday. In Europe, almost half of all democracies have suffered erosion in the last five years, it said.  On a positive note, Africa remained resilient in the face of instabilit

Half of world’s democracies in state of decline: report

Stockholm-based group said the number of ‘backsliding’ countries – those with the most severe democratic erosion – has never been so high and included Poland, Hungary and also the United States.