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LOS ANGELLES
Everyday People Will Get Paid to Design Their Own City Council
Look for this Postcard in the Mail. Sortition Begins in Historic LA City Charter Assembly
ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
Conference on the Future of Europe
European Union
A European Convention: What does it mean?
On the 24th of February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, there was a need for strong leadership and a...
Switzerland
PODCAST: The evolution of women's political power in Switzerland
   
Mexico
AMLO vs. AMLO: the President who recalled himself
On April 10, Mexican voters had the possibility to remove President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from office....
European Union
Lessons from the Conference on the Future of Europe
The EU must embark on a path to treaty change and a new European Convention The Conference on the Future of...
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Germany
Welcome Back: Ukrainian Vibes – European Public Sphere
For the further development of Europe and European civic rights, we are highly dependent on the functioning...
France
Might this month’s French elections be the prelude to another French...
The problems with these dismal elections are many—low turnout, moribund public debate, the popularity of...
Ukraine
Can Ukraine's experiments in local democracy survive the invasion?
Belarus
A referendum? The case of Belarus
When people talk about referendums, it is often assumed that it is a process that serves democracy; people...
Italy
Italian court blocks referendums – the constitutional check explained
Italy's Constitutional Court on Tuesday blocked an attempt to hold a referendum on euthanasia, transferring...
Global
A deep dive into democratic institutions: 'Rules of the Game'
Every two weeks the political economic Stephan Kyburz publishes an exciting episode of his podcast ‘Rules of...