Andreas Bummel

The author is chair of the Committee for a Democratic UN, a think tank based in Berlin, Germany. He leads the Secretariat of the international Campaign for the Establishment of a UN Parliamentary Asse

To overcome planetary challenges, we must establish a world parliament

Only a world parliament can provide the democratic legitimacy and the planetary perspective required for developing global laws.

By Andreas Bummel

/ 8 Sep 2016

The world’s citizens need to take back control – with a Global Parliament

The Brexit vote is an anomaly and an irrational response. We can democratise international organisations - rather than leave them.

By Andreas Bummel

/ 23 Aug 2016

The failure of the UN: rebuilding from the ruins

Navi Pillay offered a scathing indictment of the UN Security Council's failures to address global crises, most notably in Syria. But the paralysed state of the UN may finally offer the chance to address its inherently undemocratic structure.

By Andreas Bummel

/ 1 Sep 2014