Public support for rule enforcement to stop the decline of democracy in EU countries
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What if democratic principles are undermined such that the basis for a community of states like the EU is eroded? A team of researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz finds: A large majority of EU citizens supports using sanctions to protect democracy. The study was just published in the Journal of European Public Policy.
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