How can we measure the state of democracy around the world? Measuring democracy is challenging. It has many dimensions, and researchers assess them in different ways. No single source of data captures the full picture, so we present data from several of them. These include Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem; shown in the map here), the Lexical Index, Freedom House, and the Bertelsmann Transformation Index. Some of these data sources focus on broad characteristics of political systems to identify which countries are democracies at all. Others use expert surveys to assess smaller differences in the degree of democracy. Our colleagues Mojmír Vinkler and @lucasrodesg recently updated more than 250 of our democracy charts with the latest available data from our sources, which now include data for 2025.

#Lavrov | La Russie a manipulé les questions de @le20hfrancetele ➡️ fr.euronews.com/2026/04/02/l…

Russian Ambassador to the UK Kelin: Russia sympathizes with Iran and has historically had good relations. Iran has not asked for assistance, but if it did, Russia would consider it. Moscow also values relations with Gulf states and calls for an immediate end to the aggression.1/

Nos partenaires le savent : ils peuvent compter sur la France. C’est le cas de l’Ukraine qui tient bon malgré des attaques massives de la Russie qui continuent de faire de nombreuses victimes civiles, et que je condamne. La crise au Moyen-Orient ne détournera ni notre attention ni nos efforts. Nous continuerons de soutenir les Ukrainiens dans leur combat pour leur liberté et pour leur souveraineté. Je l’ai redit au Président @ZelenskyyUa avec qui nous venons de faire un point. L’Europe ne peut ni hésiter, ni ralentir : l’effort doit se poursuivre, aussi bien pour l’adoption de nouvelles sanctions que pour le déblocage du soutien financier à l’Ukraine agréé en décembre. La France y prendra sa part et chacun doit être au rendez-vous de ses responsabilités.

Très bon…😃

Il y a deux ans, le monde apprenait la mort d'Alexeï Navalny, dont je salue la mémoire. J'avais alors dit ma conviction que sa mort disait tout de la faiblesse du Kremlin et de la peur de tout opposant. Il est aujourd'hui clair qu'elle a été préméditée. La vérité finit toujours par triompher, en attendant que la justice en fasse de même.

We, 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇳🇱🇸🇪🇬🇧, are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin. This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. Full statement here 👉 diplo.de/2756262

Thank you, dear European friends.

Groenland: Emmanuel Macron s'exprime en groenlandais et danois

Un hommage aux militaires français morts en Opex après les propos provocateurs de Donald Trump sur les soldats de l'Otan qui ont pris part aux opérations en Afghanistan

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius commented on Trump's disrespectful statements regarding fallen soldiers from allied nations in Afghanistan: "I have great respect for the accomplishments of the US nation as an ally, which they have been for 70 years, but respect is something what goes in both directions. You have to earn respect, and to talk in that way regarding our fallen is indecent and disrespectful. We made that clear. Furthermore, this was the first and only time in history when NATO Article V was invoked. Everyone was standing on the US' side. To claim differently is simply not true. (...) We all did our duty and we stand with our soldiers and their relatives as well as their surviving members. (...)"

"Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice" All of them.

▶️ Emmanuel Macron : « Ces déclarations inacceptables n’appellent aucun commentaire, c’est aux familles de soldats tombés que je souhaite apporter du réconfort et leur redire la reconnaissance et la mémoire respectueuse de la nation. » lemonde.fr/international/art…

🇫🇷🇦🇫🇺🇸 Donald Trump souhaite les invisibiliser, ils ne le seront pas. Ne laissons jamais s’effacer le souvenir de leur sacrifice pour la patrie : Yagci Murat Kingue Eithel Abraham Simah Jean-Baptiste Thierry Karsanov Alan Crupel Cédric Le Page Loïc Sarrazin Gilles Elward Kamel Gazeau Joël Poulain David Paré Frédéric Planelles Sébastien Correia Pascal Rieu Stéphane Pican Laurent Baouma Melam Buil Damien Chassaing Kevin Devez Sébastien Gaillet Damien Grégoire Nicolas Le Pahun Julien Penon Rodolphe Rivière Anthony Taani Alexis Rey Nicolas Sonzogni Patrice Belda Nicolas Barateau Guillaume Bodin Anthony Naguin Johan Rousselle Thomas Hertach Yann Lemoine Kevin Poirier Gabriel Chechulin Ihor Hivin-Gérard Johann Toinette Mathieu Roullier Fabrice Diop Harouna Libaert Enguerrand Hutnik Robert Barek-Deligny Christophe Rygiel Konrad Piotr Cocol Steeve Mosic Laurent Maury Antoine Mezzasalma Lorenzo Panezyck Jean-Nicolas Enaux Hervé Miloche Thibault Dupin Benoît Lefort Jonathan Guinaud Hervé Chamarier Clément Fauquembergue Bruno Rivière Alexandre Roperh Loïc Louaisil Cyril Nunes-Patego Guillaume Chevalier Lionel Gaudin Matthieu Morillon Florian Hugodot Cyrille Kovac Clément Gauvin Thomas Gueniat Jean-Marc Marsol Laurent Técher Emmanuel Vermeille Sébastien Bourdet Benjamin Jansen Gerhardus Thapa Kisan Bahadur Housseini Ali Facrou Levrel Camille Tholy Valery Franjkovic Goran El Gharrafi Mohammed Zingarelli Damien Baumela Geoffrey Estin Denis Simeonov Svilen Willm Fabien Schnetterlé Christophe Lumineau Pierre-Olivier Marcillan Yoann Prudhom Stéphane Serrat Thierry Bouzet Franck Thomas Gwenaël

Bertrand Russell’s timeless message to future generations

Réaction aux propos du Président 🇺🇸 Ces déclarations sont inacceptables. 90 soldats français ont perdu leur vie en Afghanistan. Nous leur devons respect, nous pensons toujours à leurs familles et à leurs proches. Ils ont la reconnaissance et la mémoire respectueuse de la nation.

As close as anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy. But now he needs to say the same to the other 31 countries he insulted

Last night, Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on multiple regions of Ukraine with over 370 drones and 21 missiles. Russia continues its deliberate strategy to freeze Ukrainians, with one more night of attacks on energy infrastructure. Kyiv and the surrounding region were hit, along with Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv. There are dead and injured. In Kharkiv, civilian sites were targeted, including a maternity hospital, housing for internally displaced people, a medical college, and residential buildings. Dozens of civilians were injured, among them a child. In Kyiv and the region, the primary targets were energy facilities. One person was killed as a result of the attack. My deepest condolences go to their family. Emergency response teams are working continuously at all impact sites. Rescuers, doctors, municipal services, energy workers, and repair crews are restoring services and addressing the damage under difficult conditions. I am grateful to everyone involved, as well as to our air defense personnel who intercepted a large portion of the attack. Each wave of Russian strikes against our energy system reinforces a simple reality: delays in strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses cost lives. These attacks cannot be normalized or ignored. We are counting on decisive support from our partners, particularly in the delivery of air defense systems and interceptors. Every missile supplied for Patriot, NASAMS, and other systems directly protects critical infrastructure and helps civilians endure the winter.