Content tagged with "Ireland"
04-04-2024
Deux référendums visant à supprimer le langage sexiste de la Constitution irlandaise se sont soldés par un faible taux de participation et un rejet très net : qu'est-ce qui a conduit à un tel résultat ? quelles en sont les leçons et les conséquences ?
Par Lorenza De Luna.
04-04-2024
Zwei Referenden zur Streichung sexistischer Formulierungen aus der irischen Verfassung endeten in geringer Wahlbeteiligung und einer sehr deutlichen Absage: Wie kam es zu diesen Ergebnissen? Was sind die Lektionen und Konsequenzen?
Von Lorenza De Luna.
04-04-2024
Two Referenda to remove sexist language in the Irish Constitution resulted in a low turnout and a very resounding rejection: what led to such outcome? what are the lessons and consequences?
By Lorenza De Luna.
12-03-2019
Ireland is perhaps one of the most publicised examples of the phenomenon of citizens’ assemblies, or randomly-selected citizens that deliberate important national issues. The Irish Citizens’ Assembly and its predecessor, the Constitutional Convention, have resulted in three...
27-06-2018
Le 25 mai, le peuple de la République d'Irlande a voté à une écrasante majorité en faveur de l'abrogation du 8ème amendement de la Constitution, qui prohibe l'avortement en toutes circonstances. Le vote a été salué comme un changement majeur dans la culture irlandaise et célébré...
27-06-2018
Am 25. Mai stimmte die Bevölkerung der Republik Irland mit überwältigender Mehrheit für die Aufhebung der achten Verfassungsänderung, die Abtreibung unter allen Umständen verbietet. Die Abstimmung wurde als tektonischer Wandel in der irischen Kultur begrüßt und als Sieg der...
27-06-2018
On 25 May, the people of the Republic of Ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 8th amendment of the constitution, which effectively prohibits abortion under any circumstances. The vote was hailed as a tectonic shift in Irish culture and celebrated as a victory of citizen...
25-05-2015
Hundreds of millions of citizens worldwide have been voting last weekend. While the ballot experiences as such were extremely varied (and sometimes deeply problematic), at least one referendum offered nothing less than a “social revolution”.
13-03-2014
From 6 to 7th March 2014 the European People’s Party (EPP), the conservative party family of the EU, held a Congress in Dublin to discuss their European agenda and to elect the top candidate for the next European elections.
Armin Steuernagel, in charge of leading...
Armin Steuernagel, in charge of leading...
15-04-2013
As an exercise to modernise Ireland’s constitution, the constitutional convention met in Dublin on 13 and 14 April 2013 to discuss the introduction of same-sex-marriage in the Republic of Ireland. At the end of the weekend meeting the members, 100 Irish citizens and...
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