#Democracy

Conference on the future of Europe: “bottom-up” democracy. Events across EU countries

The fourth European Citizens’ Panel involved in the EU reflection and review process will be held in Strasbourg on October…

EU Parliament, institutional makeover. “‘COVID-19 has opened our eyes”

A number of reforms are being drafted at the EU Parliament seats in Strasbourg and Brussels, with a view to…

EYE2021: politics, culture, celebration. Young people’s ideas for the future of Europe

The European Youth Event kicked off online on October 4, leading up to the main event of October 8-9, when…

Council of Europe: Havel Prize to Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava

Elections in Russia. Kanevsky (University of Moscow): “Doubts on the democratic legitimacy of the vote, but it’s hard to prove”

As has been happening for many years now, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia retains a supermajority in Russian elections, dominating the…

Conference on the Future of Europe: 6 thousand ideas on Europe so far

Citizens’ panels have started their work. A group of 800 citizens are expected to put forward their ideas on reforming…

Afghanistan: The EU Council does not give legitimacy to the Taleban government. “We’ll assess it in terms of rights and freedoms”, especially those of women and girls

Russian elections, Putin’s party set to win. Trophimov (sociologist): “No real political debate”

According to the Moscow Lomonosov University scholar, interviewed by SIR, Russian voters don’t feel particularly involved in the upcoming 17-19…

Eurobarometer: the majority of the EU citizens support vaccines and Green Pass. Recovery funds only to countries that abide by the rule of law

Rimini Meeting: Scholz (Foundation), “the true antidote to individualism is to say ‘I'”.

The Rimini Meeting, taking place August 20-25, will be held “in-person” and will be open to everyone. This year’s theme…

Belarus: Babaryka sentenced to 14 years in prison. Stano (EU), “release him immediately along with the other 530 political prisoners”