The COVID-19 pandemic tested democratic norms everywhere from the United States to Australia, but what about countries where civil liberties were not that strong to begin with? Today we bring you a case study from North Africa on whether the public health crisis also offered autocracies a chance to gain legitimacy.
Also in today’s edition: localization by the numbers, the world according to Emmanuel Macron, and Europe’s moral failure on migration.
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Vince Chadwickvchadw
Vince Chadwick is a contributing reporter at Devex. A law graduate from Melbourne, Australia, he was social affairs reporter for The Age newspaper, before covering breaking news, the arts, and public policy across Europe, including as a reporter and editor at POLITICO Europe. He was long-listed for International Journalist of the Year at the 2023 One World Media Awards.
