The document discusses ways that trust in democratic institutions and processes has been weaponized and undermined in Europe. It suggests that trust has been attacked through actions like Trump's inaugural speech questioning longstanding alliances, Ukraine turning away from the EU, and threats of another Chernobyl disaster in Russia. It also claims trust has been weakened through figures like George Soros' involvement in protests and funding of politicians and civil society groups. It implies democratic legitimacy has been undermined by claims such as a new Estonian president sympathizing with neo-Nazism and no real democracy existing in Estonia.

2. Weaponizing TRUST

3. Attacking the solidity of transatlantic
alliances…
Inaugural Trump’s speech – “bad
sign” for the Baltic States

4. …and destroying good relations with
neighbors
Ukraine is turning its back on
the EU. The country's further
disintegration continues
In Russia, they threaten with
another Chernobyl: The disaster is
hanging by a thread

5. Weakening trust in politicians, civil
society and mass movements…
Soros’ involvement in the Euromaidan.
Soros’ Progressive Internationalism and the
Disappearance of the National states
Soros’ Network That
Runs Romania. Who
Are the High
Dignitaries of the
Iohannis-Ciolos
[Romanian President
and former Prime
Minister] Regime Paid
by George Soros

6. …and undermining trust in the
legitimacy of democratic processes
The new president of Estonia was
suspected of sympathizing with neo-
Nazism
“Political refugee” from Russia: there is
no real democracy in Estonia

8. A hundred years of mistrust

10. Graph From European Commission. Standard Eurobarometer 90. December 2018.

11. Ask not what you can do for your
country, but what your country can
do for you!

13. In David we trust.

14. #WhyNotSwastika
#StopAdidas

16. The Center for European Policy Analysis

17. Photo by Lukas Plewnia under CC BY-SA 2.0.

18. The New Homo Civicus

19. Photo by Monia Swaans under
https://plus.google.com/103755587735146630229