According to the European Commission, defending democracy is high on its agenda. But its current approach to tackling the issue via its proposed Defence of Democracy package, which focuses heavily on threats coming from outside the EU, has significant shortcomings. By focusing on some symptoms of weakening democracies, such as covert foreign interference, the Commission is not paying enough attention to what is happening within member states, where civic freedoms have repeatedly come under threat. By doing so, it misses the opportunity to build democratic resilience from within. Read more here.
Source: European Democracy Hub
