Tag: Democracy
Family Minister pushes Democracy program reform to boost measurable impact and reach
(de-news.net) – Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) has defended plans to overhaul the program ‘Demokratie leben’ by shifting focus toward the societal center, strengthening evaluation,…
Prien (CDU) moves to recast federal democracy promotion program
(de-news.net) – Reports indicate that Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) plans a major restructuring of the ‘Demokratie leben’ program, arguing that its results have too…
Schweitzer (SPD) presses for digital tax to protect media pluralism and democracy
(de-news.net) – The Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate and chair of the Länder Broadcasting Commission, Alexander Schweitzer, has called for the rapid introduction of a digital tax…
Children’s Fund calls for stronger support of youth participation in democracy
(de-news.net) – The German Children’s Fund has made an appeal, on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, urging that stronger and more comprehensive support…
President Steinmeier urges citizens in East and West to uphold democracy (Update)
(de-news.net) – In advance of the 35th anniversary of German reunification, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has issued a solemn appeal to citizens across both East…
Right-wing extremism – the greatest threat to democracy
According to a newspaper report, Federal Prosecutor General Peter Frank has called right-wing extremism “the greatest threat to our free democratic” constitutional order. Right-wing extremism…
Schäuble: Democracy working
The protests against the measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus are an indication of an “open society”, Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble has said….
