Petra Guasti

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Associate Professor of Democratic Theory at Charles University in Prague 2018-2019 Democracy Visiting Fellow @HarvardAsh Co-PI & VS5 leader @SYRI Twitter @PetraGuasti
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After a citizens‘ assembly a referendum on gender equality and removing a constitutional reference to a woman’s place being in the home is to be held in November in Ireland, the Government has announced.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/03/08/referendum-on-womans-place-in-the-home-to-be-held-in-november/

#CitizensAssembly

Referendum on removing constitutional reference to woman’s ‘life within the home’ to be held in November

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says vote will seek to remove the ‘outmoded’ constitutional reference

The Irish Times
In other words, even the US begins to look a little bit more like the rest of the developed world 👇
https://theconversation.com/three-big-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-secularization-in-america-199378?utm_source=pocket_mylist
3 big numbers that tell the story of secularization in America

Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.

The Conversation

The spokeswoman of the president-elect @[email protected] sent journalists a shared Google Calendar of @[email protected] on day 3.

Czech journalists are in shock after a decade of President Zeman, who jokingly proposed to "shoot journalists".

RT @[email protected]

Dnes mi přišel email se sdíleným google kalendářem nově zvoleného prezidenta. 🤩

Ale prosím vás, pomalu s těmi novotami! My novináři jsme si ještě nestihli zvyknout ani na to, že nás prezident nechce střílet.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/StuchlikovLucie/status/1620360510922436609

Lucie Stuchlíková on Twitter

“Dnes mi přišel email se sdíleným google kalendářem nově zvoleného prezidenta. 🤩 Ale prosím vás, pomalu s těmi novotami! My novináři jsme si ještě nestihli zvyknout ani na to, že nás prezident nechce střílet.”

Twitter

Not everybody is a general after the battle, but the long overdue chief of @[email protected] Michael Koudelka will be ASAP, as per president-elect @[email protected]

RT @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MiroslavKemel/status/1619826795427270656

Miroslav Kemel on Twitter

“https://t.co/bNtmFLIMhN”

Twitter

Hungary 2.0?
Weaknesses of this anti-illiberal strategy:
- too broad coalition,
- single issue - anti-Erdogan,

Key factors of success v defeat:
- elections (still) fair v. vote suppression, gerrymandering etc.;
- media free v. full media capture;

RT @[email protected]

A six-party coalition in Turkey aim to go against the block lead by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and undo his two-decade legacy, including reducing the president's powers.

https://trib.al/7yg3Xw5

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1620167262060650496

Turkey's opposition unveils plans to defeat Erdogan

A six-party coalition in Turkey aim to go against the block lead by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and undo his two-decade legacy, including reducing the president's powers.

Deutsche Welle

Each to his own.

Left: Czech President Milos Zeman in Serbia today.
Right: Czech president-elect Petr Pavel with PM Fiala and Senate President Vystrcil in Prague today - at the 30th anniversary of the Czech Army.

RT @[email protected]

Stejný den, jiné místo...

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jietienming/status/1620142723935383553

Jie on Twitter

“Stejný den, jiné místo...”

Twitter

Covering the trenches? what would be the sense of it for two years? @[email protected]

RT @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MiroslavKemel/status/1619826756856463360

Miroslav Kemel on Twitter

“https://t.co/tVpaPhK2p4”

Twitter

RT @[email protected]

BREAKING: Taiwan’s Presidential Office just confirmed that @[email protected] spoke with Czech President-elect @[email protected] at 6pm Taipei time. The phone-call lasted for 15mins, @[email protected] minister Joseph Wu was present, the atmosphere was described as ‘harmonious’. 1/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tingtingliuTVBS/status/1620072825582403586

Tingting Liu 劉亭廷 on Twitter

“BREAKING: Taiwan’s Presidential Office just confirmed that @iingwen spoke with Czech President-elect @general_pavel at 6pm Taipei time. The phone-call lasted for 15mins, @MOFA_Taiwan minister Joseph Wu was present, the atmosphere was described as ‘harmonious’. 1/”

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