“Even the best -installed democracies are likely to be devitalized by a populist leader” | EUROtoday

Patrice Spinosi, lawyer on the Council of State and the Court of Cassation, frequently intervenes earlier than the very best French and European jurisdictions in protection of elementary freedoms. He is the writer of Threat to the rule of regulation (Allary Editions, 242 pages, 20.90 euros).

Why do you consider that liberal democracies are extra fragile than you assume?

What occurs to the United States is a warning: it’s the excellent demonstration that even one of the best put in democracies are prone to be devitalized by a populist chief. Donald Trump exhibits how a lot a rule of regulation will be deconstructed. This includes the appliance of methods already skilled in different intolerant democracies, comparable to Hungary or Poland. Each time, a pacesetter or a celebration, elected in a wonderfully democratic means, unlocks all of the counterpowers. This type of authoritarian authorities is the looks of democracy and systematically strikes away from the rule of regulation, that’s to say a regime respectful of freedoms-the freedom to return and go, freedom of expression, the correct to a good trial …

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