China News Service, May 7th. According to a report by the U.S. Overseas Chinese News Network on the 6th, the latest global poll shows that people from 53 countries and regions believe that the United States is now the most serious threat to global democracy. country.
Data map: On January 6, local time, during a joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Trump supporters broke into the Capitol and caused riots. In the House of Representatives, the police held guns and confronted the protesters through the doors and windows.
According to reports, the Danish think tank Democratic Alliance Foundation conducted a survey called the "Democracy Perception Index" for nearly 50,000 survey subjects from all over the world.
Countries and regions participating in the survey include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada, India, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, etc.
The poll showed that nearly 44% of survey respondents were worried that the United States would endanger the democracy of their country.
Voters in Norway, Switzerland, and Sweden are most confident about whether their countries are democratic.
On May 5th, local time, in London, England, the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held at Lancaster Palace, and the "boom ceremony" was strictly enforced on the spot.
According to the report, the survey results show that, whether it is for the United States or the Group of Seven (G7), "defending democracy is not as simple as lip service."
Since 2020, the perception that the United States poses a threat to democracy around the world has increased significantly.
The value of online public opinion has increased from +6 to +14.
In addition, inequality is regarded as the greatest threat to global democracy.
However, nearly half of the interviewees said that compared to social media, large technology companies are more likely to “pose a threat” to the democracy in their countries.