Outlook

There is no European organization or network that focuses on direct democracy and the democratisation of the EU. Most groups that work on these issues have an one-sided agenda in the sense that they are either integrationist or EU-sceptic. For the former integration comes first, democracy second.

Democratic procedures such as the European Citizens ´ Initiative are judged on whether they increase the "European character” of legislation or not.

For the latter, nation states and national parliaments are superior. National representative democracy is regarded as the highest form of democracy.

They deny the possibility of transnational democracy.

But we need a network that puts democracy and the sovereignty of the citizens at the centre. We want to create new possibilities which enable the citizens to influence the decision-making process.

We raise the question of power.

It is really time to found Democracy International.