European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity

On October 3rd, Latvians cast their vote in the 15th Saeima elections, the national parliament of the Baltic state. Former prime minister Evika Siliņa resigned in May earlier this year following the political crisis caused by Ukrainian drones striking Latvian soil, diverted by Russian electronics. Latvia remained stable in the period coming up to...

Autocratization is on the rise in EU candidate countries and the far right is gaining ground within member states; yet, the democratic deficit of the European Union itself went unmentioned in von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech. With Russian escalations and the impending accession of Ukraine and Moldova, the EU and its member states can no ...