US President Biden announces new funding to bolster democracies around the world at a summit, but dozens of countries hold back on summit declaration
Biden announced over $400 million for similar programmes in 2021 when he last held such an event.
More recently, a move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government to weaken the power of Israel's judiciary; Mexico's move to gut its election oversight body; and India's decision to disqualify a top opposition political leader have all cast a pall over Biden's repeated claims that democracies have become stronger.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, courted by the United States as a bulwark against China, also extolled the virtues of democracy days after the opposition chief was expelled from parliament over a conviction for defaming the right-wing leader. "Democracy is not just a structure; it is also a spirit," said Modi, whose government is also accused of a growing clampdown on media.Is America’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ really about democracy?China — identified by Washington as the sole long-term adversary to the US-led liberal international order — and Russia both described the summit as hypocritical.The US hosted the last summit on its own.
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