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Home / Themes / Democracy and citizenship / Page 3

Democracy and citizenship

Prime Minister of the UK answers questions at a session at the House of Commons, May 1, 2024.
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Time for the UK to adopt Spain’s electoral system?

The UK electoral system has shown a gap on record between vote share and proportion of seats. Could Spain's system work in the UK?

By William Chislett
09 Jul 2024 //
6 mins Reading time
Ceremony in Strasbourg’s hemicycle, The European Parliament at 70: “The voice of citizens and democratic values”.
Future of Europe Analyses

Citizen participation in the EU’s democratic life

After 70 years, the EU is still seeking effective citizen participation, is it possible through a citizen deliberative body to improve democracy and legitimacy in the EU?

By Alberto Alemanno
04 Jun 2024 //
15 mins Reading time
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of the Republic of Ukraine, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic at the Summit on the war in Ukraine in Normandy at Salle Murat, Palais de l'Elysée.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

France’s Eastern Zeitenwende?

France's foreign policy shift towards Eastern Europe represents a strategic and ideological pivot that reinforces its commitment to European sovereignty and NATO expansion.

By Teona Giuashvili
08 May 2024 //
24 mins Reading time
Background with gradient from blue to green. Abstract representation of a world map in white.
Latin America Events

Presentation “Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) 2024”

Presentation of the ''Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) 2024'' measuring the quality of democracy, economic performance, and governance worldwide.

08 Apr 2024 //
2 mins Reading time
Headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. In the left foreground, a blue sign with the ICC logo. In the background, a bicycle parking area and the visitors’ entrance to the building
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The budgetary instrumentalisation of international criminal justice

Resolute investments are a sine qua non to ensure that the ICC remains an independent and effective instrument for international criminal justice.

By Francesc Torres i Mañá
07 Mar 2024 //
7 mins Reading time
presentacion informe iberifier
Democracy and citizenship Reports

IBERIFIER Report “Analysis of the impact of disinformation on political, economic, social and security issues, governance models and good practices: the cases of Spain and Portugal’’

IBERIFIER Report on the strategic impact of disinformation in Spain and Portugal.

By Ángel Badillo Matos, Félix Arteaga
29 Feb 2024 //
2 mins Reading time
A set of matryoshka dolls displayed diagonally at a market in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the center the dolls with images of the leaders of Russia and the USSR
Democracy and citizenship Events

Presentation of the book “El imperio Zombi. Rusia y el orden mundial”, by Mira Milosevich-Juaristi

In this book the author argues that behind Russia's geopolitical ambitions lies its tsarist and communist imperial past.

26 Feb 2024 //
2 mins Reading time
Civic Coalition Platform Chairman Donald Tusk at a meeting with the inhabitants of Koszalin (Poland) on 14 July 2023
Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Liberal Poland is back: the impact on Europe of the 2023 Polish vote

Poland’s parliamentary elections of 2023 have prompted a major shift in the European Unions’s political landscape.

By Piotr Maciej Kaczyński, Dariusz Dybka
13 Feb 2024 //
22 mins Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Events

Elcano Policy Paper “Spain in the World in 2024: perspectives and challenges”

The Elcano Royal Institute analyzes the prospects for the international panorama and the short-term challenges for Spain's external action.

08 Jan 2024 //
1 min Reading time

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Signing of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement (27/01/2026). Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, sign the bilateral agreement. Behind them, three lecterns where Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; António Costa, President of the European Council; and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, applaud. In the background, flags of the EU and India and two silver peacocks, the symbol of India, in Hyderabad House, New Delhi.

The EU-India relationship II: the global layer of the bilateral negotiations

February 10, 2026

George W. Bush delivering a speech behind the lectern at The Middle East Peace Conference at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain (30/10/1991). The numerous representatives surround a large rectangular white table, decorated with two flower arrangements and the signs of the participating countries: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan-Palestine. In the background, journalists with cameras and several tapestries in an imposing white stone room. Two large lamps hang from the ceiling.

King Juan Carlos, Spain’s extraordinary ambassador

February 10, 2026

Iranian flag flying in a cloudy sky.

Iran’s 2025-26 protests, resilience and political containment

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