"We're building communities that speak for themselves"

In Bulgaria's April election, the machinery of vote control ran at full capacity. It failed anyway—and the implications reach well beyond Bulgaria.

Democratic backsliding doesn't start at Europe's borders. A high-level roundtable in Brussels this week examined what it will take to build a Democracy Shield that works for everyone.

Roma punished authoritarianism, rejected the far right, flipped constituencies to the opposition and won five seats in parliament—but now Tisza must deliver for them.