US EditionUS Plummets in Swedish Democracy Index — No Longer a Liberal Democracy - Radio Sweden
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Swedish researchers investigate the state of democracy worldwide. Their report promises nothing good. Especially in Trump's America, the situation is shocking.
The US President rules mainly by decree, at the expense of the control of Congress. "The speed at which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history," says a report of the "Varieties of Democracy" Institute of the Swedish University of Gothenburg.
The key change is related to the concentration of power in the president. Democracy in the United States has deteriorated sharply in a year, according to a recent report by the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg. The country's ranking in the Democracy Index has fallen by as much as 31 places in a year, from 20th to 51st. Expressen and SVT Nyheter have reported on the matter, among others. According to the report, the United States c…
WASHINGTON. Uni G teborg democracy index: The US has lost its status as a liberal democracy for the first time in 50 years.
Democracy Then and Now
'Trump is aiming for dictatorship'. That's the verdict of the world's most credible democracy watchdog : Sweden's V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too [The Guardian]. Full Report here [V-Dem Institute.A single bright spot in the assessment of the US is that free and open elections are still being held, and the electoral system "remains stable for now". But executive order…
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