...is a network promoting direct democracy. Our basic goal is the establishment of direct democracy (initiative and referendum) as a complement to representative democracy within the European Union and in the nation states. In addition, we work on questions of world-wide democracy.

"Our Constitution ... is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the greatest number."*

Our Founding Statement was discussed and accepted by all participants of the founding meeting of democracy international on February 19, 2005 in Brussels. It is the basic document for our common work. The cooperation team (V. Organizational structure) has the responsibility and duty to implement the described procedure.

Why DI?

History of DI

Tasks

Structure

Finances and Staff

Outlook

founding statement (pdf, 189 kB).

* Thucydides II, 37. This was the first sentence of the preamble of the draft treaty establishing a constitution for Europe (in the version of the European Convention). The Heads of State and Government deleted it during their Intergovernmental Conference.