“Le democrazie non scompaiono volontariamente”: l’anno di sconvolgimenti per la Slovacchia

Ofc they do, look at the EU right now.

“Democracy does not collapse overnight. It erodes gradually––and then suddenly––with the normalization of undemocratic practices that are cloaked in legality yet corrosive to constitutional governance.

As this report outlines, authoritarian actors exploit institutional vulnerabilities to consolidate power, obstruct legislative processes, weaken judicial independence, and erode electoral integrity.”

[How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism Democracies facing authoritarian threats from within have found ways to push back by strengthening institutions, reinforcing democratic norms, and building popular resistance against encroaching autocracy. Understanding these strategies is vital to learning how to fight back.](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-democracies-defend-themselves-against-authoritarianism/)