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28-07-2020
Französische Bürger*innen wollen einen Volksentscheid zu Klimaschutzmaßnahmen
Eine Umfrage zeigt, dass 81% der französischen Erwachsenen es befürworten, über die wichtigsten Vorschläge des jüngsten Bürger*Innenkonvents zum Thema Klima in Frankreich per Volksentscheid abzustimmen. Die Maßnahmen, die von 150 zufällig ausgewählten Bürger*innen entworfen...
10-07-2020
Democracy in times of Corona- Online Discussions
It is our mission as Democracy International to promote and uphold the value of democracy, especially during the current global pandemic. Whereas, some countries have showed themselves to be resolute in upholding democratic standards, others have witnessed varying degrees of...
21-06-2020
Final propositions of the French Citizens' Convention on Climate
The Citizens’ Convention on Climate wound to a close this Sunday in Paris, after nine months of deliberation, with a strong call for a shift towards a low-carbon economy, with extensive changes in the...
07-05-2020
Digital tools, Solidarity & Transnationalism: Opportunities for the ECI in times of Corona
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
06-05-2020
French local elections in democratic limbo
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
06-05-2020
Don't fear the voter
John Matsusaka is Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise in the Marshall School of Business and the Gould School of law at the University of Southern California. He also an expert in direct democracy and he serves as the executive director of the Initiative &...
06-05-2020
Keine Angst vor dem Wähler!
John Matsusaka ist Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise an der Marshall School of Business und der Gould School of Law an der University of Southern California. Er ist auch ein Experte für direkte Demokratie und fungiert als geschäftsführender Direktor des Initiative...
06-05-2020
Was uns die österreichische Ausgangssperre über unsere Grundrechte lehrt
Die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Ausbreitung von COVID-19 sind zwar rechtzeitig und notwendig, haben aber nicht nur unser tägliches Leben, sondern auch unsere Demokratien enorm beeinträchtigt. In dieser Serie versuchen wir zu beurteilen, wie die demokratische Praxis...
06-05-2020
What the Austrian lockdown teaches us about our basic civil rights
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
06-05-2020
Postponed: The 2020 Global Forum is now the 2021 Global Forum
The Covid-19 crisis has deeply affected public life all around the world, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is no exception to this. In order to ensure that the Forum can remain a truly global event, we are postponing the event to 28 April - 1 May 2021. Read the letter...