democratic state

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"It is a problem for a democratic state that these files are still closed," Tanner argues.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Norms are a means to a larger end, which is a functioning democratic state.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

“Today’s decision by the Federal Constitutional Court sends out a clear signal: Our democratic state does not fund enemies of the Constitution,” Nancy Faeser, Germany’s interior minister, said in a statement.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

"So we need to figure out a way, one, to stay in the same land, two, without killing each other, and three, while maintaining a Jewish democratic state."

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Finland established complete democracy nine years ago, and, with equal electoral districts, complete adult suffrage, and the free election of women equally with men to its Diet, is a model democratic state.

From The Rise of the Democracy by Clayton, Joseph