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Next Democracy

Initiative and referendum in a hostile context

By Raul Magni-Berton / 28 October, 2019

In France, participatory democracy is constantly developing.

By Miguel Silva Graça / 28 October, 2019

The experience has shown that PB clearly lead to a better performance of the municipality itself

By Giovanni Allegretti / 21 October, 2019

Involving citizens in choosing policy priorities has proven able to increase their quality of life.

By Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz / 2 October, 2019

Today however, a deeply divided Poland is struggling to cope with the social challenges and changes of the past decades.

By Ralf-Uwe Beck / 30 July, 2019

Only with direct democracy as a complement to representative democracy the government power will really come from the people.

By Péter Niedermüller / 30 July, 2019

Viktor Orbán’s populist illiberal government creates and benefits massively from polarisation of the Hungarian society.

By Olaf Bruns / 10 July, 2019

A podcast interview with the historian Luuk van de Middelaar on the technocratic approach at EU level which is no longer credible.

By Pierre Bauby / 23 April, 2019

Multiplying forms of democratic participation to deal with those who want to transform the EU into a battleground.

By Judith Clifton / 22 April, 2019

Ownership of public utilities is at the centre of politics – but it’s too hard to know.

By Sean Kippin / 21 April, 2019

Giving citizens a stake in the economy and the affairs of the state could rebuild trust with the centre-left.