A European approach to developing democracy’s ‘hardware and software’
In the absence of a “standard template” for democracy, a new European tool for supporting democratic reform should develop a customized approach to assistance that reflects country-specific circumstances, says a leading practitioner.
The European Union’s proposal for a new European Endowment for Democracy is vital, overdue – and flawed, writes Roel von Meijenfeldt (left), chairman of the board of the European Partnership for Democracy and former director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy and of International IDEA. Poland, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, is supporting an initiative to establish an autonomous democracy assistance foundation, modeled on the Washington-based ...
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