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Transnational digital dialogue with citizens from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Lithuania

The Black Sea and Caspian region is a part of the EU neighborhood that is increasingly becoming a conflict zone. Having flouted international law by annexing Crimea, the Russian Federation is taking further steps to strengthen its military, political and economic dominance...

Good participation means that all parts of society are heard and that solutions are based on a variety of diverse opinions and interests.

How widespread is populism one year before the 2021 federal elections? And how has the corona crisis shaped public opinion? Our analysis shows that populist attitudes have become much less pronounced and widespread, above all in the political center. At the same time,...

On September 7 2020, Audrey Tang, Digital Minister of Taiwan, joined an online conversation hosted by Open Society Foundations, King Baudouin Foundation, European Movement International and Bertelsmann Stiftung. She discussed the digital innovations...

Turnaround in public opinion: populist attitudes have become much less pronounced and widespread, above all in the political center. As populism declines, populists have been put on the defensive. At the same time, further radicalization on the right is becoming a more...

The reporting period from February 2017 to January 2019 saw significant, if not transformative developments in a number of states. In almost all cases, positive trends were recorded in countries where leadership change generated hope for political renewal and economic...

More than two-thirds (68%) of all people in Germany currently regard the state as being strong and capable of acting. Seven in ten (70%) are satisfied with the way the government has been dealing with the corona crisis. This means that the interim assessment of its first...

Under the motto ‘2020: shaping Europe's future together’, the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the German Foreign Ministry invited citizens, politicians and experts to a joint event on 1 and 2 March 2020.

Deliberative democracy is about getting people closer to government and decision makers.