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2022
- handle: 10670/1.i5uob8
- halshs: halshs-03675082
- doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7304-4.ch003
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Christophe Premat et al., « The Development of Initiatives and Municipal Referendums in Germany », HAL-SHS : sciences politiques, ID : 10.4018/978-1-7998-7304-4.ch003
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Direct democracy offers possibilities for citizens to influence political decisions especially at the local level. In Germany, the local political systems have been affected by the introduction of direct democratic tools such as citizen initiatives and local referendums since the Reunification. The state legislations defined new conditions for citizen initiatives and municipal referendums with a minimum number of valid signatures for initiatives and a minimum approval rate for referendums. The chapter evaluates the practice of local initiatives and municipal referendums in Germany and examines the routinization of these tools in local politics.