"European citizens need to come up with some smarter ideas"
In a series of interviews, we present to you the members of Democracy International's board. We start with Joe Mathews, California editor of Zócalo Public Square.
What is our motivation? Our board members present their ideas of direct democracy and the development of Europe's...
The Netherlands: website online, campaign next
Democracy International's Dutch partner organisation Meer Democratie has a new website. At www.meerdemocratie.nl you find all news and campaigns for better rules of (direct) democracy in the Netherlands.
Message to Tunisia - رسالة لتونس
منظمة الديمقراطية الدولية تتعاطف مع ضحايا الاعتداء الإرهابي وعائلاتهم الذي جدّ في تونس يوم 18 مارس 2015 و تساند الشعب التونسي الذي يخوض معركة الديمقراطية و حقوق الإنسان و انتخابات حرة و نزيهة
Democracy International sympathises with the vicitims of the terrorist attacks...
Message pour la Tunisie
Democracy International compatit avec les victimes de l’attentat perpétré à Tunis le 18 Mars 2015, ainsi qu’avec leurs familles et le peuple tunisien qui se bat pour la démocratie, les droits de l’homme et des élections libres et transparentes.
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Message pour la Tunisie - رسالة لتونس
منظمة الديمقراطية الدولية تتعاطف مع ضحايا الاعتداء الإرهابي وعائلاتهم الذي جدّ في تونس يوم 18 مارس 2015 و تساند الشعب التونسي الذي يخوض معركة الديمقراطية و حقوق الإنسان و انتخابات حرة و نزيهة
ستجدون على اليمين رسالة من المنظمين للمنتدى العالمي للديمقراطية المباشرة الحديثة الذي...
"Tunisia is a completely new concept for democracy-making"
The devastating terrorist attacks on Tunisia’s National Museum on March 18 have not deterred us from putting on the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy to take place in Tunis from 14 to 17 May 2015. To the contrary, since the attacks, citizens, NGOs, media and governments...
Making off: Direct Democracy in Austria
On 11 March 2015 civil society activists met with politicians and government representatives in the Austrian parliament to discuss how to improve direct democracy in Austria. The debate was the fourth session of the inquiry commission (“Enquete Kommission”), established with the...
The ECI - a democratic farce?
The European Citizens' Initiative is the world's first transnational tool of participative democracy. But the system needs reform if it is to avoid becoming a farce, argues our European Programme Manager Sophie von Hatzfeldt.
ECI hearing: minor successes and major hurdles
EU decision-makers and stakeholders met for a hearing on 26 February 2015 in the European Parliament to discuss the vital need for reform of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). The ECI was implemented in 2012 and has since then experienced minor successes and major hurdles...
Winning by losing, Tunisia Style
Four years after the Jasmin revolution Tunisia has a new modern constitution, a freely elected parliament and a president – and since a few days also a new coalition-government. The next step for the “Arab world’s first modern democracy” is to decentralize the state – by active...