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[...] Press Release: Democracy will be put to the test worldwide in 2024. Elections for the European Parliament and the presidential election in the US will [...]

[...] and impending sovereign bankruptcies – Europe has been undergoing a stress test almost permanently since the financial crisis began in 2008. For a number [...]

[...] remain elusive. In fact, political and social tensions are growing – and testing Europe in profound ways. Press Release Gütersloh/Brussels, February 29, [...]

[...] Press Release: During the last year, our foundation carried out some 70 projects in the areas of education, democracy, Europe, health, values and the economy. We spent €86 million on our nonprofit activities. We currently employ 384 people. In the 41 years since our foundation was established, it has made more than €1.5 billion available for its nonprofit work. The issue of social cohesion was particularly[...]

[...] Press Release: A creeping autocratization has long been evident: Over the past 10 years, the quality of democracy has declined in nearly one in five democracies, including in regionally important and once-stable democracies. Meanwhile, many autocracies have further expanded their repression, abuses of power, and restrictions on the freedoms of expression and assembly. Seven states that were considered "defective[...]

[...] Reform capacity of the government, quality of democracy and rule of-law or level of social inclusion – every year the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) examine the future viability of the OECD and EU member states. The Nordic countries are still best equipped for the future, but their top position is wavering. The consequences of the economic and financial crisis are still drastic, especially in the Eurozone.[...]

[...] Bertelsmann Foundation releases report on creating an organization for sovereign-debt ratings with more transparent and comprehensive criteria Washington News Item In light of the intense criticism leveled against credit rating agencies for their perceived failure to analyze adequately sovereign creditworthiness, the Bertelsmann Foundation has developed a blueprint for an international non-profit credit rating agency[...]

[...] Press Release: Social cohesion in Germany has come under considerable pressure since 2020. On the one hand, it is still robust according to the longer-term assessment of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Social Cohesion Radar. From the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2020, it essentially maintained a value of 61 (on a scale of 0 to 100) on the overall index, which measures a number of factors. On the other hand, the[...]

[...] DISCLAIMER: These ratings are a policy driven exercise and do not constitute a credit rating according to the Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009. Gütersloh/ Washington News Item A downgrading of Germany's top sovereign-debt credit rating can be avoided only if the country continues to implement fiscal reform at home and push for similar reform in its eurozone partners, according to the criteria set out in the Bertelsmann[...]

[...] Liz Mohn Foundation for Culture and Music promotes Berlin Staatsoper's International Opera Studio Berlin/Gütersloh News Item Argentinian bass Fernando Javier Radó sings arias from the role of Philip in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with great fervor. No less expressive are the Israeli soprano Enas Massalha and the Ukrainian baritone Viktor Rud, who show plenty of comedic talent when performing the Pamina-Papag[...]