Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union sets out the conditions that member states must uphold in order to members of the EU - namely “the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and respect for human rights” etc.

However, over the past decade anti-democratic tendencies have been identified in the young Central and Eastern European member states. Erosions of democracy have progressed furthest in Hungary and Poland: In Hungary, the concentration of power under Prime Minister Victor Orbán has steadily increased since 2010, and in 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hungarian Parliament approved a bill to make the state of emergency indefinite and grant the ability for Prime Minister Orbán to rule by decree. Poland has also seen continuous erosions such as measures that undermine the independence of the judiciary, allow the ruling party to dominate the media, and silence criticism from civil society. Threats to media freedom were seen in Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2018 and Croatia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania faced problems in the fields of corruption and threats to the independence of the judiciary

(1) Information democratization refers to the current trend of increased citizen creation, distribution, exhibition, and curation of information.
(2) Financial information refers to data and insight related to an individual's or organization's financial situation, including income, expenses, assets, liabilities, investments, and economic trends. Financial advice, on the other hand, involves the interpretation and application of this information to provide guidance or recommendations.

Since 1999, various bodies such as the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States have placed sanctions on the Taliban and Afghanistan more broadly. They fall generally into two categories: economic sanctions, like the suspension of developmental aid and the widespread freezing of government assets, and non-economic sanctions like arms embargos and travel bans.

For the purposes of this debate, life-extending treatment refers to medical interventions that prolong the duration of life without curing the underlying medical conditions. Examples include dialysis, mechanical ventilation, and clinically assisted nutrition.

You are a young talented rising star in one of the top four European football leagues (Germany, Spain, Italy, and England). You have just been offered a multi-million dollar contract by a club in the emerging Saudi Pro League, and it is substantially higher compensation than any other contract in a European league. The Saudi Pro League is the national football league in Saudi Arabia.