U.S. Capitol siege a ‘wake-up call’ for democracies
PEJOURNAL - The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday that last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation to spread on social media. “What we saw on Wednesday was only the climax of very worrying developments happening globally in recent years. It must be a wake-up call for all democracy advocates,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a blog post. “Everybody needs to understand that if we accept setbacks after setbacks, even if they seem minor, democracy and its values and institutions can…
