Cover: Improved cooperation between parliaments in the EU by Daniel Schade

Improved cooperation between parliaments in the EU – What role for interparliamentary conferences?

Policy brief, Publication

The aim of this policy paper is to contribute to the existing debate on the merits, pitfalls and challenges that come with giving national parliaments a further role in EU decision-making. It focuses, in particular, on a relatively new format to foster parliamentary cooperation, namely that of interparliamentary conferences (IPC) which have been created for…

Policy Brief on the political participation of youth from socially disadvantaged backgrounds

Policy brief, Publication

Germany’s democracy is currently facing immense social difficulties. The displacement of low-income groups out of our political communities fosters a vicious cycle of unequal participation and deficient representation of interests. This leads to the alienation of certain groups in our society and a great loss of democratic potential. This cycle further leads to and begins…