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EU Observer (23 July 2026)

Petra PAVLOVİČOVÁ

Against a backdrop of geopolitical instability and mounting electoral setbacks, Europe’s liberals are redefining what it means to defend ‘liberal democracy’. 

And increasingly, the language of rights, markets and European integration is being supplemented and at times overshadowed by a new political priority: security.

“Security and democracy are not separate – nor is democracy sequential to security,” Carolin Johnson head of policy at European Partnership for Democracy told EUobserver.

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