When Journalists Weaken Democracy or How to Better Communicate the Rule of Law
<p>Discussing years of controversies between Polish lawyers and the ruling Law and Justice party, the law professor Marcin Matczak concluded: “We won the legal discussions, but we lost the public debate.” Despite manifest violations of the law, Poland’s ruling party did not lose votes in recen...
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| description | <p>Discussing years of controversies between Polish lawyers and the ruling Law and Justice party, the law professor Marcin Matczak concluded: “We won the legal discussions, but we lost the public debate.” Despite manifest violations of the law, Poland’s ruling party did not lose votes in recent parliamentary elections. In Hungary the situation seems to have been even worse. The public debate was not lost, it hardly took place. That’s a problem. </p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef87ecbcb9e44119ae5ec29962d311ce2022-12-22T03:04:45ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044When Journalists Weaken Democracy or How to Better Communicate the Rule of LawMichael Meyer-Resende<p>Discussing years of controversies between Polish lawyers and the ruling Law and Justice party, the law professor Marcin Matczak concluded: “We won the legal discussions, but we lost the public debate.” Despite manifest violations of the law, Poland’s ruling party did not lose votes in recent parliamentary elections. In Hungary the situation seems to have been even worse. The public debate was not lost, it hardly took place. That’s a problem. </p> https://verfassungsblog.de/when-journalists-weaken-democracy-or-how-to-better-communicate-the-rule-of-law/Democratic Backsliding, Human Rights, Illiberal Democracy, Populism, Rule of Law, rule of law crisis, von der Leyen |
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| title | When Journalists Weaken Democracy or How to Better Communicate the Rule of Law |
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| title_short | When Journalists Weaken Democracy or How to Better Communicate the Rule of Law |
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| topic | Democratic Backsliding, Human Rights, Illiberal Democracy, Populism, Rule of Law, rule of law crisis, von der Leyen |
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