TY - GEN

T1 - Denmark: weakening control with a strong executive

AU - Wind, Marlene

AU - Due, Xenia Camilla

PY - 2021/4/30

Y1 - 2021/4/30

N2 - To better understand how the pandemic has so far affected Europe’s democracies, theEuropean Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) has analysed 19 succinct national perspectives. Weasked our EPIN partners: what are the effects of different crisis rules or procedures on thedemocratic character of national governance?This exercise has shown that while in some member states the democratic institutions andelectoral processes have proved robust and flexible, outstanding democratic issues across allmember states are: an overly powerful executive, limited checks on government, and the side-lining of parliaments. Trust, or the lack of it, in the respective political elites is a particularlydivisive issue.

AB - To better understand how the pandemic has so far affected Europe’s democracies, theEuropean Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) has analysed 19 succinct national perspectives. Weasked our EPIN partners: what are the effects of different crisis rules or procedures on thedemocratic character of national governance?This exercise has shown that while in some member states the democratic institutions andelectoral processes have proved robust and flexible, outstanding democratic issues across allmember states are: an overly powerful executive, limited checks on government, and the side-lining of parliaments. Trust, or the lack of it, in the respective political elites is a particularlydivisive issue.

M3 - Report chapter

T3 - EPIN

SP - 10

EP - 12

BT - The effect of Covid on EU democracies

ER -