The Citizens’ Assembly handed over its report with 22 specific recommendations for strengthening the German democracy to the President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble, on the Day for Democracy, 15 November 2019. The citizens’ report was prepared by 160 randomly selected citizens on the basis of lectures and discussions with experts.<\/p>\n
Before the handover, an outdoor art installation themed “Democracy for Future” with the internationally renowned artist John Quigley took place in front of the Reichstag. The art installation – a large spiral in front of the Reichstag – made of shiny gold fabric and hundreds of people was inspired by the shape of the Reichstag dome. It represents the bridge between the people on the meadow and members of the Bundestag.<\/p>\n
The Citizens’ Assembly was initiated by Mehr Demokratie e.V. and the Sch\u00f6pflin Foundation. nexus and its partner IFOK were responsible planning and implementing Germany’s first federal Citizens’ Assembly on the federal level.<\/p>\n
Citizens’ Assembly for Democracy: Overview of Results<\/strong> The Citizens’ Assembly comprised 160 randomly selected people drawn from the population registers, 3 of whom wereunable to attend due to illness, so that 157 people took part in the final vote.<\/p>\n 1. Complement of parliamentary-representative democracy by further 2. Complement of parliamentary-representative democracy with further 3. Complement of parliamentary-representative democracy with further 4. Complement of parliamentary-representative democracy with a 5. Legal anchoring of a nationwide Citizens’ Assembly. 152\/5<\/p>\n 6. Citizens, parliament and the goverment may convene a nationwide Citizens’ Assembly. 153\/4<\/p>\n 7. Members of a Citizens’ Assembly shall be chosen at random and shall 8. The government must be obligated to comment on recommendations of the Citizens’ 9. Citizens should be able to initiate a referendum on the national level. 148\/9<\/p>\n 10. There should be a right to veto through a referendum in the 11. There should be the possibility of additional online voting in 12. There should be an online participation portal modelled on that of 13. There should be a lobby register at federal level to create more 14. Creation of a state-funded, politically independent body that 15. Civic education should be intensified, especially with regard to 16. State funding for Citizen participation and direct democracy must be 17. Complementary third-party financing of civic participation and 18. Understandable and neutral information shall be available via 19. Civic participation and direct democracy require equal and 20. Results of civic participation and direct democracy should in 21. Referendums should always be 22. There should be an appropriate quorum for referendums. 141\/15<\/p>\n Picture: www.buergerrat.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Citizens’ Assembly handed over its report with 22 specific recommendations for strengthening the German democracy to the President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble, on the Day for Democracy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[334,53,304,305,306,303],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nachrichten","tag-aerial-art","tag-berlin","tag-citizens-council","tag-democracy","tag-germany","tag-participation"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAfter four days of intensive discussion, the Citizens’ Assembly for Democracy published its recommendations on 28 September 19. These are intended to help politicians find ways out of the current crisis of democratic and strengthen the connection between citizens and the parliamentary system.<\/p>\n
\nelements of citizen participation and direct democracy: 156\/1 (voting
\nratio yes\/no)<\/p>\n
\nelements of citizen participation: 148\/9<\/p>\n
\nelements of direct democracy. 113\/44<\/p>\n
\ncombination of citizen participation and direct democracy. 155\/2<\/p>\n
\nreflect society as representatively as possible. 157\/0<\/p>\n
\nAssembly. 155\/2<\/p>\n
\nlegislative process at federal level. 133\/24<\/p>\n
\nreferendums. 107\/50<\/p>\n
\nBaden-Wuerttemberg. 135\/22<\/p>\n
\ntransparency. 153\/4<\/p>\n
\ncoordinates, implements and informs about citizen participation and
\ndirect-democratic procedures nationwide. 153\/4<\/p>\n
\ndemocratic participation. 152\/5<\/p>\n
\nguaranteed. 156\/1<\/p>\n
\ndirect democracy is possible and must be transparent. 118\/39<\/p>\n
\ndifferent channels. 156\/1<\/p>\n
\nappropriate access opportunities nationwide. 154\/3<\/p>\n
\nprinciple be reversible. 144\/13<\/p>\n
\npreceded by a citizen assembly in order to prepare the questions and
\ngather information. 140\/17<\/p>\n