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Celebrating modern direct democracy with a Taiwanese character

A special democracy train, signature gatherers in Buddhist temples, nationwide marches for better legislation: a look back at the participatory celebration by one of the organisers of the 2019 Global Forum on Modern Direct...

World Citizens’ Initiative welcomed at Global Forum on Direct Democracy

This year, Democracy International, together with Democracy Without Borders and CIVICUS, started a campaign for a World Citizens' Initiative at the United Nations level under the name "We the Peoples". To examine its...

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Spain: a national democratic deficit and local hope for better times

The Spanish Social-democratic Workers’ Party (PSOE) has won the national elections on Sunday November, 10 (...

"More democracy is possible"

Over the past months, our partner organisation Mehr Demokratie has organised citizens' councils on the...

30 years of Peaceful Revolution

30 years ago, citizen-led movements across Germany brought about a change that up until then had been...

Campfire and hot debates

Friday the 30th of August was the day. With the Europe Dome in our luggage, we made our way to the Campfire...

Summer Academy: Professionalising Democracy Developement

The first Summer Academy for Democracy Development took place from 23 to 25 August 2019. It was organized by...

Democracy - a shining star!

Austria has just weathered a government crisis and will hold new elections on 29 September. Two of our member...

Democracy International 2019 General Assembly

We hereby invite all Democracy International Members to Democracy International’s next General Assembly to...

Waking up to a new European Union

The morning of Thursday 23 May felt like the start of a European Union Christmas. For weeks the city was...

A spirit will go through Mexico

There is great momentum for direct democracy in Mexico at the moment. Carlos González Martínez of the Mexican...

A Benelux road trip

Our BeNeLux tour was the most extensive tour of the European Public Sphere project to date. Within the space...