
This is part 9 of my “Achieving True Democracy: A New Breed of Party as Realistic Next Step” articles. Here you can find part 1, the introduction for the article series, and part2, a short description of the idea of the Proxy Party, and part 3, a description of how a party program should look like, and part 4 about finding, prioritizing, and voting on topics, and part 5 about going beyond ‘simple’ direct democracy, and part 6 about efficiency and effectiveness, and part 7 about safeguarded information processes and decision processes, and part 8 about a 1:1 transfer to parliament. How does the Proxy Party differ from a normal party? The Proxy Party: …is organized on the basis of grassroots democracy and also includes the most important right of the member of parliament (the voting right). …obliges the elected representative to vote as determined by the party base. …does not ignore the dissenting votes of its members but reflects their