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16-01-2013
People’s consultation in Austria on military service
On Sunday, 20 January 2013, Austrian eligible citizens are called to vote in a referendum on the future of military conscription. They will have the choice to opt for maintaining the current system of military service and a mandatory civilian service or to introduce a...
13-12-2012
Visit from Yemen
On Thursday, 13 December 2012, journalists from the Republic of Yemen visited Democracy International and its partner organization Mehr Demokratie in their office in Cologne to get to know civil society organisations working on democracy issues. On Thursday, 13 December 2012,...
06-12-2012
Impressions from South America - Interview with Dr. Hofmann
From 28 September until 29 November 2012 Dr. Klaus Hofmann, editor of the Direct Democracy Navigator, travelled South America to learn about the political practice in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. On the first day of his return, we have asked him about the...
28-11-2012
"Citoyens indignés, réclamez la démocratie directe!"
On Friday, 30 November, our spokesperson Cora Pfafferott participated in a panel discussion on the topic “Social protests in the 21st century” at the Goethe-Institut in Toulouse, France. The other guests on the panel were the Tunisian human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine and...
19-11-2012
Montevideo Declaration on Modern Direct Democracy
From 14 to 16 November people from all walks of life and from all corners of the world met at the 2012 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Montevideo, Uruguay. Scholars, journalists, activists, petition and initiative organizers, philanthropists, elected officials,...
14-11-2012
Book Review: “Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century”
On Thursday, 8th November 2012, Maureen Childs, a London UK and member of Democracy International, attended a talk given by Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels, at the RSA in London, entitled 'How to Govern Intelligently in the 21st century'.On Thursday, 8th November 2012,...
06-11-2012
Pro or Anti "Prop"? 176 popular votes in the United States
US Election Day on 6 November 2012 asked from voters much more than designating the next US President. 176 citizen-initiated “propositions” or “ballot measures” were decided on a wide range of themes in 38 US states.US Election Day on 6 November 2012 asked from voters much more...
02-11-2012
Digital decision-making: “3D” in the spotlight
Democratie.Nu is a Belgian democracy group, working on integrating digital technologies in democratic decision-making. In the recent Belgian municipal elections of October 2012, the organization set “3D” on the Belgian voting lists, an innovative approach to combine direct with...
31-10-2012
Sad: Death of Franck Biancheri
We are shocked to learn about the death of Franck Biancheri, who passed away on Tuesday, 30 October 2012. Founder and honorary President of Newropeans, founder of AEGEE and one of the initiators of ERASMUS, we have lost a militant democrat who devoted his life to realizing the...
16-10-2012
Interview with Andreas Gross, mastermind of modern direct democracy
Andreas Gross turned 60 this year. Andreas Gross is the mastermind of modern movements of direct democracy. For decades he has been dealing with the question of how a federal European state with direct democracy should look like in practice. Andreas Gross turned 60 this year. He...