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08-05-2025
New report calls for Global Citizens’ Assemblies to strengthen public voice at the UN
Democracy International and Democracy Without Borders have released a joint report advocating for the creation of Global Citizens’ Assemblies to improve public participation in international decision-making. The report...
16-10-2023
Urgent Call to Protect European Democracy: Democracy Organizations Unite in Support of the European Citizens’ Initiative
Cologne, 16 October 2023 — Today, a coalition of over 60 civil society organizations committed to promoting European democracy has sounded a resounding alarm over the jeopardy to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)...
15-09-2023
World Democracy Conference comes to Bucharest, Romania in historic election year
Bucharest, Romania 15.09.2023 – On this International Day of Democracy we can announce that the world's largest conference on modern direct democracy will convene in Bucharest from 15-18 May 2024....
14-09-2022
European Commission historically pronounces its support for a European Convention to reform the EU Treaties
On 14 September 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her third State of the Union address, which comes at a crossroads between the war in Ukraine and its many consequences and four months...
23-06-2022
EU Leaders Must Deliver on EU Reform at European Council Meeting This Week
EU leaders gather for a European Council summit on Thursday and Friday tihs week, where they will decide whether or not to formally begin a process of EU reform. Citizens and civil society ...
05-05-2022
European Parliament historically votes to trigger Article 48 and convene a EU Convention to amend the EU Treaties
In a monumental week for the European Union, the European Parliament yesterday voted to accept and welcome the ...
02-05-2022
Ambitious final proposals adopted as the Conference on the Future of Europe concludes
Ambitious and comprehensive proposals for the future of Europe were adopted as the historic Conference on the Future of Europe concluded its year-long work on April 30 in Strasbourg, which include measures to reform the...
06-04-2022
Taking stock: Ten years of the European Citizens' Initiative - More citizens’ influence in the EU?
The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) turns ten years old this month, remaining, to this day, the world’s only transnational democratic instrument. Since April 1st, 2012, EU citizens have requested 111 initiatives to...
17-02-2022
Conference on the Future of Europe needs to be accountable and transparent, say 46 Plenary members and 83 CSOs
In an ...
26-01-2022
Lawmakers from over 40 countries call for inclusive and democratic UN
In a statement published on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, over 120 sitting parliamentarians from more than 40 countries and six continents call on the United Nations and its member governments to strengthen the world...