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NEWSLETTER
3 June 2011
www.democracy-international.org
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Democracy International: Latest News

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/

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)

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:

http://democracy-international.org/eci.html

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2. Meeting in Brussels

We will meet on 29 June and 30 June to decide about the future of our common
work.
Please find more information here:

http://www.democracy-international.org/events.html

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3. Germany: Referendum on Stuttgart 21 - unfair quorum handicaps modern
politics

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

http://democracy-international.org/referendum-stuttgart-21.html

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4. German Government Oversleeps the Electoral Law Reform

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.

http://democracy-international.org/germany-electoral-law.html

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5. Democracy in Africa: The Kenyan constitutional referendum

Alan Masakhalia Wanga analyses the referendum, which was organised in Kenya last
year.
We are proud to publish this report about democracy in Africa.

http://democracy-international.org/referendum-kenya.html

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