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18-01-2016
Citizens in Germany demand animal protection
The German state of Brandenburg soon might be free of industrial livestock farming (Massentierhaltung) due to a successful citizens’ initiative. On 14 January 2016 the electoral board of Brandenburg announced that 103.891 people had supported the initiative necessary to trigger...
18-01-2016
Citizen power in Germany: ready for the next step
The democracy group "Mehr Demokratie e.V." is an example of worldwide attempts to boost citizens’ participation in politics. Two representatives of the NGO, Anne Dänner and Oliver Wiedmann, told journalist Alexander Thoele of ...
15-01-2016
Sana and Lamia – the Twitter Twins of Tunis
A revolution, a deposed despot, a fifth anniversary, twins, four agile thumbs, eight languages. These are the ingredients of the following story about Sana and Lamia Noumi from Tunisia. These inseparable, 25-year old students of literature symbolize the roughly seven million...
21-12-2015
Opinion: Invite Tunisia to Join the European Union
In North Africa’s new and struggling democracy, EU membership could make all the difference, suggests Daniel Schily, board member of Democracy International.
10-12-2015
Democracy Actions 2015
Democracy throughout the world can only be realised with many, many people. Democracy International cordially thanks everybody who supported our work in 2015. We wish you all the very best for the new year. In our anthology we inform about our activities for more democracy...
09-12-2015
Opinion: We need another kind of "war on terror"
By Bruno Kaufmann, board member of Democracy International and editor-in-chief of the online portal people2power.info.
With Christmas and the holiday season just a few weeks away, people crave peace and community. At many workplaces, employees gather for year-end parties – as...
24-11-2015
The New Zealand Flag Referendum
Since Friday 20 November 2015, New Zealanders can decide in a popular vote whether their country should have a new flag. Until 11 December 2015, voters can choose from five different flag designs that are the top runners of 10,000 proposals that the public had submitted...
16-11-2015
Make it happen: Democracy Camp in Austria in 2016
Our partner organisation mehr demokratie! Austria is currently raising funds to realise a summer camp in Austria in 2016. The goal is to make the camp everybody's common project, to be enabled by donations.
02-11-2015
"The ECI is to end deplorable working conditions in EU transport"
The newly launched EU Citizens' Initiative "Fair Transport Europe" demands better working conditions and fair pay for all employees in Europe's transport sector. The ECI was registered in September 2015 and can currently can be signed by any citizen of the EU. Leading the...
29-10-2015
EU Parliament calls for improving the ECI
On 28 October 2015 the European Parliament adopted a report calling for an urgent improvement of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) and determining how it should be regulated in the future. The report contains many reforms that Democracy International tirelessly had...