Publikationen der StiftungComprehensive reform measures for strengthening and advancing democracy
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1. The 2024 Constitutional Crisis and the State of Institutions: Overconcentration of Presidential Power and System Resilience
2. The Return of the Public Square and the Evolution of Citizen Participation: Fandom, Online Communities, and Generational Integration
3. Current State of Democracy by Region: Imbalances and Specificities
4. Fundamental Threats to Democracy: Social Polarization and the Rise of Anti-Constitutional Forces
II. Overview of Institutional Reform Proposals – Four Pillars for Strengthening and Advancing Democracy
1. Basic Direction of the Proposals: Isolating Anti-Constitutional Forces and Advancing Inclusive Democracy
2. Key Task ① — Restoring the Soundness of the Constitutional Order and Controlling Emergency Powers
3. Key Task ② — Enhancing Representativeness and Accountability in the Political System, and Dismantling the Winner-Take-All Structure
4. Key Task ③ — Strengthening Civic Capacity and Culture, and Restoring Democracy Education
5. Key Task ④ — Rebuilding the Public Sphere, Expanding Inclusiveness, and Countering Hate and Conspiracy Theories
III. Specific Institutional Reform Measures
1. Investigating the December 3 Insurrection, Punishing Those Responsible, and Controlling Presidential Emergency Powers
2. Amendments of Political Relations Laws: Electoral Reform to Reduce Polarization
3. Amendments to the Framework Act on Education and the Teachers’ Status Act — Democratizing Classrooms and Strengthening Democracy Education
4. Revitalizing the Public Sphere and Reforming the Media: Responding to Hate and False Information
IV. Future Tasks and Reflections
1. Outstanding Tasks: Addressing Economic Inequality and Capital-Centric Concentration
2. Role of Civil Society: From Crisis Response to Everyday Democratic Practice
3. Conclusion: Breaking from Constitutional Order Saboteurs and Advancing a Qualitatively Mature Democracy