Current challenges for European democracy

Current challenges for European democracy Cesare Pinelli, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Rome La Sapienza, discusses the reasons behind the EU’s vulnerability to criticism by populist leaders. The European democracy is facing increasing challenges, if not threats, that are likely to affect its identity. Some concern democracies worldwide, from military aggressions and hybrid warfare run by autocratic States to the new dangers connected with the sweeping development of Artificial Intelligence or the growing power of giant firms worldwide. Other challenges, although also diffused worldwide, uniquely affect European democracies. The rise of populist and nationalist governments will likely fall under such a category.