Tag: democracy
Missing ballot papers: Berlin, a democratic scandal
Choose what is left: What the chaos on Sunday reveals about the milieu problem in the German capital. .source site
Duma election in Russia: the great resignation – opinion
There are sober results, and what exactly is true and what is wrong about them plays a rather minor role in this epoch that is so paralyzing for Russia. After…
Trial in Hong Kong: More democracy activists convicted
Status: 15.09.2021 12:24 p.m. Democracy activists have again been sentenced to prison terms in Hong Kong. Nine people have been sent to jail for attending a vigil for the victims…
Wolfgang Streeck’s book “Between Globalism and Democracy” – Culture
Anyone who has valued the previous books by the Cologne sociologist Wolfgang Streeck for their precise description of the crisis and the sometimes humorous criticism of the time will be…
State of the EU: The gap between Eastern and Western Europe is growing
Politicians in Poland and Hungary are more interested in money and power than they are in freedom and democracy. And in the West, meanwhile, people criticize the young democracies in…
Interview with Claudine Nierth about direct democracy – society
As a 16-year-old Claudine Nierth protested against the stationing of nuclear warheads. In the meantime, she and her association “More Democracy” campaign for referendums at the federal level. A conversation…
Artists in the election campaign: Democracy as a ride
In 1969 Günter Grass thundered through Germany in a Bulli to advertise Willy Brandt. In memory of this, authors and artists are now roaming the country. With what aim? An…
Democracy study by the Bosch Stiftung: “This is exactly where there is a break”
interview Status: 08.09.2021 2:52 p.m. “How democratic are you?” Go to this question NDR and tagesschau24 in a project for election – and the Bosch Stiftung has also investigated this…
Hong Kong: Democracy activists arrested again | tagesschau.de
Status: 08.09.2021 8:55 a.m. Four prominent members of the democracy movement have been arrested in Hong Kong. They organized an annual vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. The group…
Series “55 Voices for Democracy”: The Trilemma – Culture
Are economic growth, globalization and liberal democracy compatible with one another? Yes, if we link economic and social policy more closely together again. In the autumn of 1940 the British…