Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Greifswalder Str. 4
10405 Berlin
Deutschland
Berlin
Germany
- Democracy and community development
Mehr Demokratie is a driving force for referenda and a better electoral law. Every vote counts equally and everybody has the right to participate.
Within Germany we campaign for the introduction of a nationwide referendum and fair rules of play as part of the referendum for the German federal states and communities. Within Europe Mehr Demokratie fights for more extensive democracy and parliamentary reforms. We want modern voting procedures and freedom of information legislation and the democratisation of the European Union.
We wish for a political culture which furthers dialogue and participation. Citizen-initiated referendums, fair election laws and other forms of participation allow citizens to steer the direction of politics. In this, Mehr Demokratie is politically neutral, which means that we only comment on questions relating to democratic procedures and not to political content. We believe that important questions should be decided upon by the citizens.
We fight for direct democracy on all political levels. Since 2003 we have been active on the EU-level, accompanying the work of the Convention for the Future of Europe - the body that drafted the EU Constitution. At first we devoted our efforts into gaining greater direct democracy, paying special attention to referenda on the Constitution Treaty, and its revised version, the Lisbon Treaty. Our efforts contributed to the inclusion of the European Citizens' Initiative in the EU treaty. We also helped to ensure that the referendum on the Constitution Treaty took place in the Netherlands.
In the year 2005, Mehr Demokratie became a founding member of the network, Democracy International (DI), which is active throughout the EU. Some of the organizations within DI are Mas Democracia (Spain), democratie.nu (Belgium), and Balkan Assist (Bulgaria). Our aim is a European Union which is democratically formed by and controlled by the citizens.