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GRENOBLE
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Grenoble
Visiting the Most Democratic City in France
Germany
The People’s Candidate
The United Nations is choosing its next Secretary-General at perhaps the most precarious moment in its history. The process tells us something uncomfortable about the institution the successful candidate will inherit: the UN has...
Brazil
A letter from Brazil: The Participatory Budget Programme
One of the world’s great democratic innovations is about to make a big comeback in the place where it was...
Germany
The people of Berlin have decided - but in the end, nothing has been...
It is a rainy August day in 2022, I am standing on the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin, a landmark of the city and...
PODCAST: Patterns of Democracy
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PODCAST: Patterns of Democracy
   
Mexico
The Global Forum in Mexico – Hands off our democracy!
From 27 February until 7 March the 2023 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy took place in Mexico and was...
Picture by DI
European Union
The power of youth
While Democracy International is losing its most senior colleague Klaus Hofmann, as an association we’re also...
USA
Michigan citizens take matters into their own hands
When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in June 2022 and removed the federal provision to protect...
Taiwan
The Taiwanese democracy rollercoaster
Democracy in Taiwan can feel like a rollercoaster ride. It goes up and it goes down, at the same time.
Photo by Roberto Rivera
Mexico
A Letter from Mexico City: Can Polarization Build Democracy?
What does polarization mean, here in Mexico? There are no democracies without some kind of polarization,...
Ireland
Is a woman's place in the home?
In celebration of international woman’s day that took place on the 8th of March 2023, this month’s story...
Mexico
Voices of democracy in Mexico and Switzerland
Participatory democracy is still in its early days in Mexico, whereas Switzerland has longstanding experience...