Dr Apostolos Samaras

Mr. Apostolos Samaras holds a Ph.D. in European Law from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Research Fellow at the European Programme ‘Ariane Condellis’ of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

05.12.2026, 13:13

The Existential Crisis of Liberal Democracy in the West

A persistent anxiety runs through Western democracies, often reflected in the tone of public debate, in the exhaustion of citizens, in the speed with which anger can become a political manifesto. This is a crisis of political culture.

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