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Fundamental, realistic, practice-oriented is the slogan of the Institute for Parliamentarism Research (IParl). This also applies to Zwischenruf - the political science podcast about parliaments. When we talk to our guests from politics, science and journalism about topics related to parliaments, we combine political science with the practical, political perspective - guaranteed free of an ivory tower.

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In his contribution in "Recht und Politik", Daniel Hellmann examines the decision-making practice of the Federal Election Committee concerning the admission of parties to the 2017 federal elections. From this, he derives threshold values as of when it is possible to speak of a party. In particular, the existence of state associations and at least 40 members were prerequisites for determining the party status.

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How realistic would an alliance of CDU and AfD be in Eastern German state parliaments? Benjamin Höhne pursues this question in the current issue of GWP. Pros and cons are weighed up, also using data from a party member study (#BuKa2017). A strategy of appropriation by the CDU vis-à-vis AfD would be highly risky because it could not be led from a position of strength.

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The web conference "Key Challenges and Lessons for Parliaments in Context of Coronavirus Pandemic" with international experts and parliamentarians was organized by USAID as part of the IParl cooperation with the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada).

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Danny Schindlers article at Party Politics investigates the potential implications of different procedures by examining how the selection criteria of membership
and delegate conferences vary. 

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Invited by the Federal Foreign Office and in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, a delegation of Brazilian experts visited IParl to discuss the consequences of digitisation for democracy in general and the German Bundestag in particular.

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In the venerable House of Parliaments of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the first steps were taken towards a universal catalogue of indicators for democratic parliaments. The project is part of the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

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In their contribution, Benjamin Höhne and Anastasia Pyschny provide an insight into the programmatic work and organizational structure of the most important parties in Saxony-Anhalt. In light of declining membership numbers and increasing party disenchantment, the parties in Saxony-Anhalt face the major problem of personnel regeneration.

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100 years after the introduction of the right to vote for women in Germany, the debate about equal participation in politics has gained momentum: Women are too rarely represented in political parties, parliaments and governments. Why this is the case is analyzed in this böll.brief on the basis of the candidate nominations of all seven Bundestag parties.

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For a decade, young scholars from various regions of Europe meet once a year at the “Graduate Conference Party Research” at the Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung (PRuF) based at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. After two instructive days in Düsseldorf, it can be concluded that there will be certainly no lack of creative approaches in international party studies in the future.