Democracy’s Honeymoon: Why Leaders Lose Trust in Just Six Months
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Financial crises, wars, and the Covid pandemic have shaken citizens' faith in representative democracy. According to Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon, an unbroken string of external shocks has steadily eroded public trust. In liberal democracies, he notes, the grace period for new leaders rarely lasts more than six months.