NEWSLETTER #6

July 08, 2005

www.democracy-international.org

 

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Content

 

1) DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA

2) LUXEMBOURG: TIGHT DECISION EXPECTED

3) DD-CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

4) NEWS UPDATE

 

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1) DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA

 

We offer a new report written by Juan Carlos Madroñal,

Mas Democracia (Spain).

The last decades of the twentieth century have seen a

spectacular advance of Direct Democracy in many countries

of Latin America.

This report shows the development and reveals the

weaknesses of the use of direct democracy tools in that

region.

More information

www.democracy-international.org/latinamerica.html

 

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2) LUXEMBOURG: TIGHT DECISION EXPECTED

 

The Parliament has ratified the EU Constitution on June 28.

But on Sunday the final decision will be made in a referendum.

A tight decision is expected.

Read more on Euobserver.com …

 

www.euobserver.com

 

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3) DD-CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

 

In September a meeting organized by Jiri Polak will take

place in Prague.

Please find basic information on our homepage.

If you have any questions please contact Jiri directly.

 

www.democracy-international.org/prague.html

 

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4) NEWS UPDATE

 

Please find the latest developments of the ratification process

in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Malta and the

Netherlands in our update section.

 

www.democracy-international.org/update.html

 

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Ronald Pabst / Carsten Berg

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