The Greek Parliament: Perennially flirting with the absurd This might not sound flattering, but the Greek Parliament is no stranger to absurdity. The perennial problems of the Greek political system have been impacting Greece’s top legislative institution for decades. Indeed, the economic crisis of recent years has served as a “magnifying glass”; the legislative process and the self-monitoring systems are the two main… Read More
ParliamentWatch Italy about to launch Following the Corruption Perception Index 2015 from Transparency International, only Bulgaria it’s worse than Italy among the EU nations. The issue affects the whole Italian national system but is even worse in the south, where corruption is endemic and the civil society scarcely experiments autonomy. This generates complete mistrust in the democratic procedures and sensibly reduces participation… Read More
Elige y Cuestiona, the Mexican ParliamentWatch initiative, to be launched soon! Elige y Cuestiona, the Mexican initiative, to be launched soon. Mexico is now taking a step forward towards a new communication stage between citizens and their political representatives. Elige y Cuestiona (www.eligeycuestiona.org) is the name of the project that intends to provide Mexican citizens and representatives with a tool to engage with elected representatives through a moderated Q&A… Read More
Monitoring the Parliament at Times of War Monitoring the Parliament at Times of War Since the military intervention of the Saudi coalition in Yemen in March 2015, the Yemeni parliament has been inactive and has not been able to play a constructive role in ending the political stalemate in Yemen. In view of the ongoing violence in various parts of the country,… Read More
Parliamentwatch Network News: Update from France In partnership with the petition website Change.org, the weekly magazine L’Express and the survey institute Odoxa, Parliamentwatch France (Questionnezvoselus.org) launched an initiative to empower citizens who started an online petition and managed to gather more than 100 000 signatures. The goal of the partnership is to give an easy and efficient tool to know the point of… Read More
The Parliamentwatch Network Page is online! Dear visitor, welcome to the website of the Parliamentwatch Network! We will be posting periodic news about our member organizations and their work for more citizen participation, transparency and accountability in politics. Also, we will be hosting blog posts of individual network members. Read more about our network by clicking here. For more information… Read More