{"id":109176,"date":"2026-01-28T15:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aisdue.eu\/?p=109176"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:21:57","slug":"susanna-villani-facing-the-unsustainable-fragility-of-eu-democracy-highlights-on-the-european-democracy-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aisdue.eu\/en\/susanna-villani-facing-the-unsustainable-fragility-of-eu-democracy-highlights-on-the-european-democracy-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSANNA VILLANI, Facing the Unsustainable Fragility of EU Democracy: Highlights on the European Democracy Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Abstract (ITA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il 12 novembre 2025 la Commissione europea e l\u2019Alto Rappresentante hanno presentato lo Scudo europeo per la Democrazia, un\u2019iniziativa volta a rafforzare, proteggere e promuovere la resilienza democratica all\u2019interno dell\u2019Unione. Annunciato nel discorso sullo Stato dell\u2019Unione nel 2025, lo Scudo si inserisce nel pi\u00f9 ampio processo di progressiva attenzione dell\u2019Unione alla tutela della democrazia, intesa tanto come valore fondante dell\u2019ordine costituzionale sovranazionale quanto come obiettivo strategico in un contesto segnato da crescenti vulnerabilit\u00e0 e minacce ibride. Muovendo da questa prospettiva, l\u2019articolo esplora lo Scudo europeo per la democrazia quale espressione di una prassi in evoluzione, ricostruendone l\u2019architettura sostanziale e soffermandosi sulle implicazioni costituzionali derivanti dall\u2019inquadramento della protezione della democrazia in termini di rafforzamento della resilienza, con particolare attenzione ai profili relativi al riparto delle competenze tra Unione e Stati membri. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract (ENG)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 12 November 2025, the European Commission and the High Representative presented the European Democracy Shield, setting out measures to empower, protect, and promote resilient democracy across the EU. Announced in the 2025 State of the Union address, the initiative represents the latest stage in the Union\u2019s comprehensive approach to safeguarding democracy, both as a value integral to its constitutional order and as a strategic imperative in an era of intensifying democratic challenges. The article examines the Shield as a further development in the EU practice, by mapping its substantive architecture and analysing the constitutional implications of framing democracy protection in terms of resilience against hybrid threats, paying particular attention to questions of competence allocation between the Union and the Member States.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-1\" style=\"-webkit-overflow-scrolling:auto;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen wppdf-emb-iframe-1\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.aisdue.eu\/en\/?pdfemb-data=eyJwZGZJRCI6MTA5MTc3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LmFpc2R1ZS5ldVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL1N1c2FubmEtVmlsbGFuaS1CbG9nRFVFLnBkZiIsInRpdGxlIjoiU3VzYW5uYS1WaWxsYW5pLUJsb2dEVUUiLCJpbmRleCI6MSwid21fdGV4dCI6IiJ9\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Susanna-Villani-BlogDUE\"\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-id=\"109177\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:none;width:100%;max-width:100%;height:100vh;\"\n\t\t\t\tscrolling=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aisdue.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Susanna-Villani-BlogDUE.pdf\">DOWNLOAD IN FORMATO PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMARY: 1. Introduction: Framing Democracy in the EU Strategy. \u2013 2. The Pillars of the European Democracy Shield. \u2013 3. Shielding Democracy: Constitutional Implications. \u2013 4. 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