Democratic innovation Brussels’ 7th Deliberative Committee has officially begun. Last night, at the Brussels Parliament, sixty people  – 45 citizens selected by lottery and 15 members of parliament – gathered for the first time for the inaugural session. The central topic of debate for the coming weeks: cleanliness and waste management in Brussels. Starting today and continuing through the end of the process, What About Dem will be present at every stage to cover, analyze, an

Op-ed A tight budget, and two neighboring regions with radically opposing visions of democracy. One enshrines citizens’ assemblies and their regulations in law, ensuring they continue even as the political majority changes. The other removes their legal safeguards. This is more than a technical decision; this signals a tragic political direction. A subtle, yet real, step backward On March 10, the Walloon Parliament’s Energy Committee met to discuss amendments to the “carbon n

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