Antoinette Scherz: Democratic Frontsliding in the EU - Political, Normative and Legal Paths Forward

Democratic Frontsliding in the European Union: Political, Normative and Legal Paths Forward
Antoinette Scherz (Stockholm University)

Presented on April 1, 2025, at the "Defending Liberalism – Normative Boundaries of Safeguarding Democracy" workshop organized at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, Hungary.

The two-day workshop investigated the sources and implications of the normative divergence from the model of liberal democracy in Europe based on the premise that liberal democracy faces not one ideological challenge but many. The workshop hosted lectures by a number of distinguished political philosophers focusing on the normative boundaries of interventions aiming to safeguard the liberal order.

This event took place in the framework of the “AUTHLIB – Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the Liberal Democratic Response” project funded by the European Union and the UK Research and Innovation. Views and opinions expressed are however do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or UK Research and Innovation. Neither the European Union nor the UK Research and Innovation can be held responsible for them.