Platform aims to bring young people back into civic discourse

Why is military service restricted to men? What can citizens do to prevent themselves from falling for lies told during pre-election campaigning? What is the difference between a welfare state and a social state? Can we protect our privacy on Facebook? How is a people different from a nation?
These are just some questions from citizens that have been posted - and answered - on Syntagma Watch (www.syntagmawatch.gr), a new interactive platform that hosts educational and informative content on the Constitution and democracy.
Syntagma Watch is the main pillar of an innovative educational program dubbed "New Citizens and the Constitution" which is currently being implemented by the Center for European Constitutional Law - Themistokles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation (CECL) with funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. It aims to familiarize people aged between 22 and 30...