Tamara Ehs

@tamaraehs.bsky.social

Politikwissenschaft & Demokratieberatung Associate Fellow @aia-nrw.bsky.social Advisor @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu Kontakt https://www.tamara-ehs.net/ Verteidigung der Demokratie https://shop.falter.at/detail/9783990467435/verteidigung-der-demokratie

Spain v Austria. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Spain moves forward — narrowly. Spain brings open-source civic tech and city-scale innovation. Austria brings federal architecture, social partnership and climate assemblies. What matters more: digital access or deliberation in the room?

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Happy birthday, #Staatsvertrag! Verpflichtung auf Menschenrechte (Art 6), Minderheitenschutz (Art 7) und Demokratieschutz (Art 9) stehen nicht beziehungslos zueinander. Ihnen ist ein wohlüberlegter Zusammenhang inhärent, in dem sie zu lesen und zu realisieren seien, wie Alfred Noll richtig schrieb.

Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies@botstiberinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On this day in Austrian-American History, Austria, the US, and the Allied Powers sign the Austrian State Treaty, formally ending the Allied Occupation of Austria, establishing the country as a neutral and democratic state in post-war Europe. #Austria #AustrianAmerican #historyfacts #history

Where the ‘imperial presidency’ (Schlesinger) reaches its limits, Trump's shift tow. authoritarianism relies on bypassing institutions. Where this doesn't work, esp re elections, the legitimacy of the result is questioned or, in extreme cases, elections have to be canceled... @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very good piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.... The US under Trump 2.0 has shifted towards authoritarianism as record speed but unlike other examples (e.g. Putin, Orban) it's happened by bypassing institutions rather than permanently corrupting them... www.ft.com/content/b474...

Playbook der Autokratisierung: zuerst Zerstörung von Normen der Zivilität, Gewaltverherrlichung, dann Recht des Stärkeren statt Stärke des Rechts, politisierter Gesetzesvollzug, Entmenschlichung, Staatsterror,... letzter Akt: Faschismus www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 6mo ago

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa

The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Strongly suspect that this is what will happen here in 28/9. Tories will replace Badenoch with a leader prepared to try it and Farage (as per 2019 but this time as the senior partner) will continue to deny he'll do a stand-down deal - right up until the point he does one.