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15-02-2017
Romania's Struggle for Democracy
Millions of Romanians have taken to the streets to protest against their government and in favour of strong anti-corruption laws. The demonstrations give insights into the complex democratic challenges, which reach far beyond the southeastern European country, writes Bruno...
14-02-2017
"Immer mehr geht's ums Geld"
Damit die Schweizer Demokratie funktioniert, braucht's Räume für Diskussion und eine lebendige Zivilgesellschaft. Doch in der Schweiz wird immer mehr an der öffentlichen Infrastruktur für direkte Demokratie gespart, moniert Katharina Prelicz-Huber, Präsidentin der Gewerkschaft...
14-02-2017
“Money Plays a Growing Role in Swiss Democracy”
In a conversational democracy like the Swiss one citizens’ association must work very hard to have the opportunity to make voices heard. A new challenge is the lack of public-financed participatory infrastructure, says Katharina Prelicz-Huber in an interview with Cora Pfafferott...
09-02-2017
Why populists should avoid direct democracy
Direct democracy is becoming increasingly popular in the form of peoples’ initiatives and referendums. It’s also being preached by populists both on the left and right of the political spectrum, but they generally have no idea what it really means, writes Bruno Kaufmann...
09-02-2017
Think Democratic! The Swiss "Denknetz"
"We must think together to develop political expertise!” This is the core commitment of the Swiss think tank Denknetz, which organised the Reclaim Democracy conference from February 2-4, 2017 in Basel.
23-01-2017
Will “We The People“ Survive No. 45?
In at least one respect, the new US administration under President Trump has been very well prepared: within seconds of taking the oath the official White House webpage changed radically— with one interesting exception, writes Bruno Kaufmann, editor-in-chief of people2power.
23-01-2017
Online-Petitionen florieren nach Trumps Amtsantritt
Schon kurz nachdem der 45. US-amerikanische Präsident Donald seinen Amtseid geschworen hatte, ließ der neue Machthaber die Website des Weißen Hauses maßgeblich verändern. Doch die Seite "We the People!", die Barack Obama eingeführt hatte, blieb bestehen. Die Konsequenz: Schnell...
19-01-2017
Liberals and centre-right demand EU convention
Alongside the elections of Antonio Tajani as new President of the European Parliament on 17 January 2017, the Parliament’s centre-right and liberal groups decided to start a “reflection on the future of Europe”. A new EU Convention to prepare a new EU Treaty could be an outcome...
19-01-2017
EU-Parlament denkt über EU-Konvent nach
Am 17. Januar wählte das EU-Parlament Antonio Tajani zum neuen Präsidenten. Im Kontext dieser Wahlen beschlossen Christdemokraten und Liberale, eine Phase der Reflektion über die Zukunft Europas zu eröffnen. Dabei könnte ein neuer Europäischer Konvent einberufen werden, der...
10-01-2017
Why "Post-Truth" is a convenient lie
The German Association for Language named “postfaktisch” its word of the year for 2016, following the Oxford Dictionaries, which chose “post-truth” as its word of 2016 internationally. The problem is that all this usage hasn’t made “post-truth” any more helpful, or accurate, in...