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10-01-2017
Why "Post-Truth" is a convenient lie
The German Association for Language named “postfaktisch” its word of the year for 2016, following the Oxford Dictionaries, which chose “post-truth” as its word of 2016 internationally. The problem is that all this usage hasn’t made “post-truth” any more helpful, or accurate, in...
19-12-2016
On with the Struggle!
2016 was a challenging year for Democracy International and for all the people who are striving for more democracy and more co-determination in the world. Challenging because (direct) democracy was attacked and criticised and the attempt was made to dump it onto the political...
19-12-2016
Weitermachen!
Unser Einsatz für mehr Demokratie im Jahr 2016.
Unser Einsatz für mehr Demokratie im Jahr 2016.
01-12-2016
Italy rejects constitutional reform
On Sunday, 4 December 2016, Italian voters decided by referendum not to change the Italian constitution to reform the appointment and powers of the Parliament as well as the partition of State and Regions and administrative entities.
On Sunday, 4 December 2016,...
10-11-2016
Why We All Need to Leave the Country After This Election
Now that the election is over, are you leaving the country? If not, you ought to reconsider.
I’m not kidding. Yes, a handful of our fellow Californians—prominent citizens from Samuel L. Jackson and Bryan Cranston to Miley Cyrus and Barbra Streisand—proclaimed themselves so...
08-11-2016
Follow live: Global Forum in San Sebastian
From 16 to 19 November 2016, 200 people from across the world will come together in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, to address the questions if direct democracy is in retreat or on the rise. The gathering forms the sixth Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy that aims at...
08-11-2016
Einzigartig: Globale Demokratiekonferenz in San Sebastian steht bevor
Vom 16.-19. November wird im spanischen Donostia-San Sebastián das Globale Forum zur Modernen Direkten Demokratie stattfinden. Zur Frage steht, wie Bürgerinnen und Bürger lokale Politik gestalten können und welche Möglichkeiten zur weltweiten Vernetzung bestehen.
Auch werden die...
31-10-2016
Democracy in Iceland: Balancing the Volcano
On Saturday, 29 October 2016, parliamentary elections were held in Iceland: The Independence Party emerged as the largest in the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, winning exactly one third of the 63 available seats. The Progressive Party, which had won most seats in 2013, lost...
29-09-2016
“The refugee vote is a misuse of political communication”
On Sunday, 2 October, Hungary’s eight million eligible citizens were to decide in a plebiscite whether Hungary should accept the European Union’s quota system for asylum seekers.
Ahead of this vote, Democracy International has interviewed Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy, an Assistant...
29-09-2016
“Das Flüchtlingsvotum ist ein Missbrauch politischer Kommunikation"
Am Sonntag, den 2. Oktober 2016, stimmten Ungarns acht Millionen wahlberechtigte Bürgerinnen und Bürger über das EU-Quotensystem für die Verteilung von Flüchtlingen ab. Vor dem Votum hat Democracy International mit Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy, Juniorprofessor an der Eötvös Loránd...