Bruno Kaufmann

Bruno Kaufmann heads the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe in Amsterdam. He is co-editor (with Alain Lamassoure and JÌ_rgen Meyer) Transnational Democracy in the Making, a handbook on the role of direct-democratic instruments in the European integration process.

Referenda: Europes democracy finds its voice

The heads of states and governments in the European Union are starting to reflect on the package proposed in mid-2003 by the Constitutional Convention in their quest for a democratic

By Bruno Kaufmann

/ 1 Oct 2003

Europeans, take the initiative!

Europe, Autumn 2007. A few dozen members of the campaign group No More Prestiges have gathered in front of the Berlaymont, the renovated headquarters of the Commission in Brussels. They

By Bruno Kaufmann

/ 9 Jul 2003

Bruno Kaufmann

Referenda: Europe&#146;s democracy finds its voice

Europeans, take the initiative!

Referenda: Europes democracy finds its voice