Videos of the INNOCRACY 2018

“The next Democracy – Setting the Scene for Innocracy 2018”

Hanno Burmester & Sophie Pornschlegel, Das Progressive Zentrum

Opening Remarks

Nicola Forster, Director of foraus (Switzerland)

“Welche Zukunft hat die Demokratie?”

Ria Schröder, Young Liberals

Jamila Schäfer, Alliance 90 / The Greens

Marja-Liisa Völlers, German Federal Parliament, Social Democratic Party (SPD)

“The Consultative”

Patrizia Nanz, IASS Potsdam (Germany)

Claus Leggewie, Centre for Global Research Duisburg (Germany)

“Mind Politics! – Civil society won’t do it!”

Louis Klein, European School of Governance (Germany)

Sharing Insights & Reflecting in break-out groups

Hanno Burmester, Das Progressive Zentrum

“The European Republic is Under Construction”

Ulrike Guérot, European Democracy Lab (Germany)

“The Nordic secret: How to Use Inner Development to Build Strong Democracies”

Tomas Björkman, Ekskäret Foundation (Sweden)

Wrap-Up

Das Progressive Zentrum & Cooperation Partners

Keynote Speech „Is politics changing? We change politics!“

Franziska Giffey, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women & Youth

Author

Romy Hansum

Intern

Romy war von April bis Juni 2018 Praktikantin bei Das Progressive Zentrum und im Europabüro tätig. Sie studierte Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften an der Universität Konstanz und der Stockholm University und schrieb ihre Bachelorarbeit zum Thema Repräsentation von Frauen im Europäischen Parlament.

Further articles

zwei Männer, die auf weißen Fliesen stehen

Learning from Shortcomings

2. October 20262. October 2026

It would mean trivializing the current situation to interpret the crisis facing the SPD and the Greens primarily as a weakness specific to those two parties. In nearly all Western democracies, center-left parties are under pressure, as are center-right parties. What is eroding is not a type of party, but a political model.

Dominic Schwickert, Paul Jürgensen

Debate

Setting the Course for Action-Oriented Politics in Toronto

20. May 202620. May 2026

In Toronto, international government officials, leading thinkers, civil society representatives, and think-tank experts gathered for the Global Progress Action Summit.

Dominic Schwickert, Paul Jürgensen, Melanie Weiser, Jan Kjell Lange

Event Report

Progressive Offensive at Mobilisation Summit in Barcelona

28. April 202628. April 2026

In Barcelona, heads of government and representatives of progressive parties and organisations, as well as civil society, have come together for the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM).

Dominic Schwickert, Florian Ranft

Event Report, News

To the blog

Innocracy 18, Political Strategy