Erosion von Demokratie und Rechtsstaat?

»Erosion of Democracy and the Constitutional State? Contributions at the 17th Speyer Democracy Conference from 26 to 27 October 2017 at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer« The question of the status of democracy and the constitutional state in Germany and in Europe is currently very topical in light of the euro crisis, Brexit, the refugee crisis, the shift of popular parties towards the political center so citizens are barely able to punish poor policies in the polls without getting closer to political extremes and the increasing number of political decisions kept from the people or parliament.