Stories

ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They constitute a global war.
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
The European Pubic Sphere in Vienna
European Union
Behind citizen’s powerlessness: nostalgia, resentment and hope
With our eyes now turning towards Brussels and the upcoming launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe...
The ruins of the Panguna mine (Photo courtesy of Madlemurs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
Papua New Guinea
Inching towards Independence: a bumpy road ahead for Bougainville
In last November’s referendum, with a turnout of 87,4 per cent, a staggering 97,7 per cent of Bougainvillean...
Global
A world caught between protest and ballot
Never before have so many people around the globe taken part in popular votes as in 2019. Yet never before...
Copyright: Diego Correa (CC BY 2.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Chile
Constitution building in Chile: a long way to go
Since October, Chile has seen tremendous social uprising across the country. What started as a protest about...
Spain
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 (...
Germany
"More democracy is possible"
Over the past months, our partner organisation Mehr Demokratie has organised citizens' councils on the...
Germany
30 years of Peaceful Revolution
30 years ago, citizen-led movements across Germany brought about a change that up until then had been...
Taiwan
Celebrating modern direct democracy with a Taiwanese character
A special democracy train, signature gatherers in Buddhist temples, nationwide marches for better legislation...
Global
World Citizens’ Initiative welcomed at Global Forum on Direct Democracy
This year, Democracy International, together with Democracy Without Borders and CIVICUS, started a...
Germany
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...