[P2P-F] Democracy International: Latest News

Fri Jun 3 15:14:04 CEST 2011

thanks Mark!

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Mark Petz <ravenwyn at gmail.com> wrote:

> DOn't  know if you know these guys but direct democracy is their aim
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> From: Ronald Pabst, Democracy International <
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> Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:45 PM
> Subject: Democracy International: Latest News
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> NEWSLETTER
> 3 June 2011
> www.democracy-international.org
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> Democracy International: Latest News
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> Direct Democracy is becoming more and more important. Activists from all
> over the world
> are working together within the framework of Democracy International to
> promote the idea
> of enhanced citizens’ participation.
> On our homepage we will publish news about national campaigns and inform
> about the
> European Citizens’ Initiative:
> http://www.democracy-international.org/
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> Regards
> Daniel Schily/Ronald Pabst/Vanessa Eggert
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> Contents
> 1.      Paper: European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)
> 2.      Meeting in Brussels
> 3.      Germany: Referendum on Stuttgart 21 - unfair quorum handicaps
> modern politics
> 4.      German Government Oversleeps the Electoral Law Reform
> 5.      Democracy in Africa: The Kenyan constitutional referendum
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> 1. Paper: European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)
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> The ECI is the first transnational instrument of participatory democracy in
> world history. In our
> new paper we explain this tool. You can download it here:
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> http://democracy-international.org/eci.html
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> 2. Meeting in Brussels
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> We will meet on 29 June and 30 June to decide about the future of our
> common work.
> Please find more information here:
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> 3. Germany: Referendum on Stuttgart 21 - unfair quorum handicaps modern
> politics
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> On 20 April the Green-red coalition government announced that they had
> agreed to hold
> a referendum on Stuttgart 21 this autumn. This case is a clear example of
> how damaging
> unnecessary quorums can be to direct-democratic procedures
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> http://democracy-international.org/referendum-stuttgart-21.html
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> 4. German Government Oversleeps the Electoral Law Reform
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> In a 2008 verdict, the Constitutional Court judges the current German
> voting law to be
> unconstitutional and demands a reform until June, 30th 2011. Although the
> deadline is
> quickly approaching, the governing parties CDU/CSU and FDP are yet failing
> to meet the ruling.
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> http://democracy-international.org/germany-electoral-law.html
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> 5. Democracy in Africa: The Kenyan constitutional referendum
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> Alan Masakhalia Wanga analyses the referendum, which was organised in Kenya
> last year.
> We are proud to publish this report about democracy in Africa.
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> http://democracy-international.org/referendum-kenya.html
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