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Former US president Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a hush money scheme to influence the result of the 2016 election. He is the first ever former president to be found guilty of felony crimes in America’s almost 250-year history. He was accused of concealing a payment made by his former lawyer to former adult film star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about an alleged sexual encounter ahead of the presidential election. The District Attorney's office alleged Trump falsely recorded reimbursements made to his former layer Michael Cohen for t...
Euronews (English)
Washington (AFP) - He still refuses to acknowledge his defeat four years ago, so it is no great surprise that Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to contest another election if he loses again. But the stream of ambitious Republicans joining him in declining to commit to the outcome is raising concerns of a repeat of the chaos around 2020 as America prepares for a rematch between Trump and Joe Biden in November. Many have designs on the vice president's job, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who told NBC on Sunday he would not accept an "unfair" election and accused Democrats of having ...
AFP
It comes as the bloc braces itself for a potential wave of disinformation in the run up to June’s European elections, and amid fears it is profoundly unprepared to tackle new forms of hybrid warfare. In a speech delivered at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Tuesday morning, von der Leyen said she was "concerned" about the rise of disinformation and foreign interference in Europe, warning that the "core tenets of our democracy" were under attack. Speaking in her capacity as lead candidate for the centre-right European People's Party (EPP)- which is topping the pan-EU poll - she promised to se...
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Ahead of the European elections in June, Euronews asked voters to name one proposal they would implement if elected to the European Parliament, and questioned candidates about their pledges. Watch the video above to find out more.
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A new global study has found that dissatisfaction with democracy is deepening in parts of Europe, where governments are not living up to the democratic expectations of their citizens. The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) is the biggest global temperature test of democracy, with almost 63,000 people from 53 countries, including 15 members of the European Union, surveyed between February and April this year. While a majority of EU citizens (57%) consider their home countries to be democratic, in three member states - France, Greece and Hungary - a majority now think they no longer live in free d...
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Russia declared Freedom House, a U.S. nonprofit advocating for international democracy, as an "undesirable" organization, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on May 7. Russia's "undesirable organization" law was adopted in 2015, effectively banning cooperation with about 160 organizations included on the list since then. Russian prosecutors justified their decision by Freedom House allegedly "promoting... a 'dominant' role of the United States in the world" and supporting pro-Ukrainian policies. The statement further read that the NGO provides "informational, financial, and legal supp...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Russia declared Freedom House, a U.S. nonprofit advocating for international democracy, as an "undesirable" organization, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on May 7. Russia's "undesirable organization" law was adopted in 2015, effectively banning cooperation with about 160 organizations included on the list since then. Russian prosecutors justified their decision by Freedom House allegedly "promoting... a 'dominant' role of the United States in the world" and supporting pro-Ukrainian policies. The statement further read that the NGO provides "informational, financial, and legal supp...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Russia declared Freedom House, a U.S. nonprofit advocating for international democracy, as an "undesirable" organization, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on May 7. Russia's "undesirable organization" law was adopted in 2015, effectively banning cooperation with about 160 organizations included on the list since then. Russian prosecutors justified their decision by Freedom House allegedly "promoting... a 'dominant' role of the United States in the world" and supporting pro-Ukrainian policies. The statement further read that the NGO provides "informational, financial, and legal supp...
Kyiv Independent
Tbilissi (AFP) - Le parti au pouvoir en Géorgie a organisé lundi un rassemblement en réponse aux manifestations massives auxquelles ont participé des milliers de Géorgiens dénonçant un projet de loi sur "l'influence étrangère" considéré comme liberticide par l'opposition. Lundi soir, plusieurs milliers de personnes ont rejoint un rassemblement organisé devant le parlement par le parti du Rêve géorgien. "Nous exhortons les patriotes de tout le pays à se rassembler et à dire non aux révolutions financées par l'argent sale, aux attaques contre l'Eglise ... à la propagande LGBT, à la propagande de...
AFP (Français)
On 25 April Portugal celebrates 50 years of democracy. Since its 1974 revolution, it has embraced freedom of the press, free elections, and the right to healthcare, to strike and to education. But as with every year's April 25 celebrations, the country is discussing what still needs to be done. There is much to celebrate. Raquel Varela, social historian at NOVA University Lisbon, singles out the revolution's legacy of workers' rights, which had never previously existed in the country. She also points to the construction of the National Health Service and the education system which, in her opin...
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