Themen im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
Mit den zentralen Themen der Bundestagswahl 2021 befasst sich die neue Reihe #Nachgefragt!BTW21 des Portals für Politikwissenschaft. Die Einschätzungen dazu von Sven T. Siefken finden Sie hier …
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The „Double Shock“ of the Pandemic
The Pandemic posed a double shock for parliaments around the globe; they had to adjust their ways of working to the requirements of infection protection, and they also needed to deal with the prerogative of executive action. In an interview with German newspaper „Das Parlament“, Sven T. Siefken discusses perspectives of parliamentarism in the Covid-19…
Gespräch zur geplanten Kinderfragestunde im Bundestag
Im Bundestag wird überlegt, nach Vorbild des Parlaments der Niederlande eine Kinderfragestunde einzuführen. Darüber sprach Sven T. Siefken mit dem Kindersender “Tweens” des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks. Hier finden Sie den Beitrag als Podcast: https://www.mdr.de/tweens/podcast/live-show/live-show-podcast-102.html
“Life as a Professional Politician”
Deutschlandfunk, the German national public radio station, held its “agenda” show on life as a professional politician. MPs and researchers discussed the relationship between citizens and politicians, how it has changed and developed. The show is hosted by Michael Roehl, guests are MP Emily Vontz (SPD), MP Peter Ramsauer (CSU), author Robert Lorenz and Sven…
Reforming German Electoral Law – and What it Means for Representation
The first reading of the reform bill for the electoral law of Germany has been debated in the Bundestag today. Sven T. Siefken discussed with “Die WELT” daily newspaper, if this new law may lead to deserted districts in the future. The complete article is here. In a separate interview, Siefken spoke about topic with…
Podcast on “Political Representation”
How does political representation work in modern democracies? And what exactly is representation in the first place? Hendrik Hering, the President of the State Parliament of Rhineland Palatinate discusses these questions with Sven T. Siefken in the latest edition of the Podcast “Hintergrundgespräch”. Wie funktioniert politische Repräsentation in modernen Demokratien? Und was ist Repräsentation eigentlich…
Corruption Scandal in the EP – Consequences for MPs
Sven Siefken discussed the consequences of the recent corruption scandal in the European Parliament for its members and their ways of information gathering. You can hear parts of the interview here at Deutschlandfunk „Europa heute“ (8:30)
