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26-09-2016
Swiss opt for stronger secret services
Sunday, 25 September 2016, was this year's third "Decision Day" in Switzerland: Swiss voters were called to the ballot box to decide on a number of initiatives and referendums. Democracy International board member Bruno Kaufmann, editor-in-chief of...
21-09-2016
Next General Assembly of Democracy International
The next general assembly of Democracy International is to take place in Donostia San Sebastian, Spain, on 19 November 2016 (Time: 2:30 pm to 5:15 pm, venue: Donostia/San Sebastian City Hall, Ijentea No. 1, 20003 Donostia/San Sebastian)
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15-09-2016
Join us in Bratislava during EU Summit
On 15 September 2016, one day ahead of the EU summit, Democracy International and democracy activists from right across the EU will build a "Dome for Democracy" in Bratislava. Facbricated in a wooden, transparent structure, the dome is to symbolise tha the people...
07-09-2016
Take action to stop secret lobbying!
Email your EU Representative ahead of the decisive vote in the EU Parliament on 12 September!
31-08-2016
Challenging Autumn of Citizens' Decisions
Four more months to go in 2016 and one billion citizens around the globe are about to make their voices heard at the ballot box – in hundreds of elections and referenda from Russia to Hong Kong, Iceland to the United States of America. An overview by Bruno Kaufmann, board...
26-08-2016
Crisis of Democracy: “But it’s not too late“
Manfred Nowak is an Austrian human rights professor who served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture from 2004 to 2010. In this conversation with Democracy International, Manfred Nowak argues that democracy and the rule of law are currently facing a crisis globally...
01-07-2016
Brexit shows: direct democracy needs long-term practicing
Gerhard Schuster currently works as Senior Campaign Manager of the "European Credit Initiative", a project that aims at granting the right to interest-free credits for enterprises that serve the common good.
The "right to credit" is to become EU law by means of a European...
27-06-2016
Brexit triggers global debate on direct democracy
The decision by the British electorate to ”leave” the European Union has created worldwide momentum for discussing the options and limits of the initiative and referendum process – and a new start for launching transnational governance structures.
In this article Bruno Kaufmann...
09-06-2016
"Brexit is unfair to other EU citizens"
Originally 7 June 2016 was supposed to be the last day citizens could register for the upcoming referendum on EU membership in the UK on 23 June 2016, now the deadline was extended until 9 June due to collapse of the registering portal. Not only are British citizens entitled to...
03-06-2016
“Cameron acts like Britney Spears”
Democracy International in a conversation with Matt Qvortrup, a professor of political science at Coventry University and author of Referendums and Ethnic Conflict, on the upcoming EU referendum in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
Democracy International in a conversation...