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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12207
BEACONS / Beacons

Direct democracy: a major risk to be avoided or the road to political salvation? (2)

Should the idea of referendums be abandoned, on the grounds that they enjoy support from various EU detractors and right-wing populists? Or should the traditional democratic political families actually do the opposite and embrace the format, put it to work, rather than allow the enemies of open society to retain the rhetorical monopoly on them?

The latter option is the right one, simply because the digital age has direct democracy running through its DNA and there is no point trying to...

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