International Day of Parliamentarism

Read a comment by Andreas Bummel on the first International Day of Parliamentarism on 30 June 2018 here.

New Shape Prize submission

The semifinalist submission of Andreas Bummel to the New Shape Prize titled “A Renewed World Organization for the 21st Century” is made available by Democracy Without Borders here. 

“A World Parliament” recommended

The new book “A World Parliament” by Andreas Bummel and Jo Leinen was recommended, among others, in Global Policy Journal, by Peter Singer, and Kumi Naidoo. It was presented in New York, Brussels and Berlin.

Interview with “Wake” broadcast

“Global problems require global solutions”: Recently, Andreas Bummel talked to Luke Vargas at the UN who hosts the “Wake” foreign policy broadcast. Here you can listen to the interview.

“A World Parliament” now published

The book by Andreas Bummel and Jo Leinen “A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century” was published on 11 April 2018. Here’s a first review by Richard Falk.

Failure of the Security Council

In this blog post Andreas Bummel argues that the impotence of the Security Council in face of the violence in Syria underlines that the UN requires a “dramatic and thorough overhaul.”

Democratic Renewal

Andreas Bummel is one of the signatories of the Prague Appeal for Democratic Renewal that calls for a strengthening and defense of democracy worldwide. More on the appeal here.

General Assembly in Berlin

The speech of Andreas Bummel at the opening session of Milo Rau’s General Assembly on 11/03/2017 at Schaubühne theatre in Berlin is published here.

Pan-African Parliament

On October 11, 2017, Andreas Bummel spoke at the Pan-African Parliament to promote Africa’s involvement in the efforts for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. Here’s a report.

IPS News

Opinion piece for IPS News: Lawmakers in Europe Want the UN to Debate a Parliamentary Assembly. When Will Governments Follow?, July 20, 2017. Also published at Transcend.