Cora Pfafferott

2013-10-02 Germany in good hands-bearbeitet.JPG This post originally appeared on Democracy International and has been republished with permission of the author. Following the federal elections in Germany on 22 September 2013, coalition talks are slowly getting underway. For democracy activists,…

Crawling pubs on a Friday night in Prenzlauer Berg, one of Berlin’s hip districts, chatting up guys in bars that have as special names as “Zu mir oder zu Dir” (“to me or to you”) and getting their autographs. This…

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has been one year in practice, but neither EU politicians nor civil society organisations are happy with the instrument. Originally praised as the first tool of transnational direct democracy, “ECI Day” in Brussels on 9…