Equality by lot

Are prudent German politicians getting more adventurous? "German Bundestag decides on new form of citizen participation: Citizens' Assembly to present to Parliament citizen's report on Germany's role in the world". https://t.co/jy1ZzuxrKd

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— Dominik Hierlemann (@DHierlemann) June 18, 2020

First time that the Bundestag commissions a report that will directly come from citizens. Randomly selected people will work on proposals. While "Germany's role in the world" might not be the most contentious topic, it will demonstrate that citizens can deal with complex issues

— Dominik Hierlemann (@DHierlemann) June 18, 2020

Parliament president Wolfgang Schäuble: "In addition to dealing with the topic, the main aim is also to investigate whether such new instruments are suitable for supporting parliamentary work and to develop a format suitable for the conditions in Germany at federal level."

— Dominik Hierlemann (@DHierlemann) June 18, 2020

Back in 2011 @BertelsmannSt together with the Federal President organised a citizen assembly with 10.000 randomly selected citizens. At the time most politicians were afraid that such an approach would undermine representative democracy. Luckily this has changed.

— Dominik Hierlemann (@DHierlemann) June 18, 2020

Congrats to @buergerrat_de and all those involved to help to reinvigorate democracy – and to combine representative with deliberative and direct democracy.

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— Dominik Hierlemann (@DHierlemann) June 18, 2020