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What does scaling democratic deliberation mean and what is the role of AI in enabling it? Join co-authors @sammymckinney.bsky.social and @cchwalisz.bsky.social on June 17 for the launch of a new DemocracyNext paper exploring five dimensions of scaling democratic deliberation!

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On 18 May 2025, a randomly selected Citizens' Panel decided on 22 recommendations on the design of the European Union's next long-term budget. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/22-r... #CitizensAssembly

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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES: STRENGTHENING GLOBAL DEMOCRACY THROUGH LOCAL ASSEMBLIES Join Community Organisers on May 20th for an interactive webinar exploring how community assemblies can strengthen local democracy.

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Norway's sovereign wealth fund should invest more money in combating the climate crisis and promoting health, while accepting lower profits, according to a randomly selected Future Panel. Its findings were presented to the public on 13 May 2025. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/what... #CitizensAssembly

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The media are in a state of upheaval due to the internet. Polarisation and disinformation are consequences of this. In Baden-Württemberg, a Citizens' Forum is therefore to develop proposals for a sustainable media landscape from June 2025. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/maki... #CitizensAssembly

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"Few things are as certain as the fact that power makes us stupid. And few things are so stubbornly and systematically ignored. According to the motto: 'To whom the good Lord gives power, he will probably also give wisdom'. I think the results of this process speak for themselves." A. Ibrahim

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At the ‘betterLÄND’ youth forum, randomly selected young people from Baden-Württemberg developed ideas on how the Ministry of the Environment can better involve and represent young people. The final report was published on 7 May. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/what... #CitizensAssembly #Betterländ

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How do we want to live together in Dresden? This question was at the centre of the Citizens' Assembly “City of Peace Dresden”. The results were presented to the public on 8 May 2025 in the Frauenkirche and handed over to the state capital. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/how-... #CitizensAssembly

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French President Emmanuel Macron announced the convening of a Citizens' Assembly on the question of how long the French school year and school day should be - and whether the summer holidays should be shortened. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/citi... #CitizensAssembly #ConventionCitoyenne

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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to launch a 'citizens' convention' to determine how long the French school year and school day should be - and whether the summer holidays ought to shortened. #CitizensAssembly

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Extremism will flourish unless we do democracy differently.

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@tbouricius.bsky.social is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." #CitizensAssembly

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My 11 yr old, not even a Star Wars fan, instantly recognized that White House is declaring Trump a Sith Lord. Thing is, lots of people giggling over that, but I wouldn’t put it past them to have done that deliberately, an “emperor” troll.

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