Federal citizens' assemblies

On 10 October 2026, the first of four citizens’ panels to review the COVID-19 pandemic took place in Wolfsburg.

How can we achieve climate policy that is both effective and has the support of society? The Ariadne Citizens’ Deliberation addressed this question…

Since 29 May 2025, a randomly selected citizens' debate in Erfurt has been discussing the topic of tax and financial justice. From March to May,…

On 24 November 2024, the German Citizens' Assembly on Education and Learning voted by a large majority in favour of children and young people being…

On 12 September 2024, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser accepted the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly “Forum against Fakes”. By…

"How can the transport transition in rural and urban areas succeed together?" Between mid-January and mid-February 2024, 50 citizens from all over…

On 20 February 2024, the Citizens' Assembly "Nutrition in Transition" presented its recommendations to Bundestag President Bärbel Bas and the…

In Germany, the federal government should promote plant-based meals in community catering, tax and subsidise food in an environmentally friendly way…

In a citizens' assembly, 55 randomly selected citizens developed guiding principles and recommendations on citizen participation in research policy.

The Federal Foreign Office organised a randomly selected "National Citizens' Panel" on the future of Europe on 15 and 16 January 2022. There, citizens…

"To ensure the preservation of the livelihoods of all people, the 1.5 degree target is non-negotiable." This is one of the guiding principles of the…

How 154 randomly selected citizens debated Germany’s role in the world – what they recommended and what they learned.

In 2019, an unusual experiment brought 160 randomly selected people together to deliberate on the future of democracy. They were not elected.