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Ageing Europe, 1997, p. 110. 23 Walker and Maltby also question whether new age-based parties will indeed be successful in Germany and other European countries. The results of a Eurobarometer study revealed that, at least in the late 1990s, only a minority of elderly respondents in Germany considered joining such a party (13%). The lack of electoral success of parties such as the ‘Grey Panthers’ confirms this point so far. 24 In a similarly controversial tone, Hinrichs and others have debated whether older electors necessarily have cohesive interests in terms of policy outcomes.
546; Enquete-Kommission 'Demographischer Wandel', Zwischenbericht, 1998, p. , Politics, 1999, p. , Enfranchising children, 2002, p. 44 f. , Wahlverhalten, 2009; Nie, N. , Political participation, 1974. , Germany, 2010, pp. , Demography, 1992. Peterson, P. , Gray dawn, 1999, p. 52; Peschel-Gutzeit, L. , Wahlrecht, 2004. , Disenfranchisement, 1999; Priddat, B. , Demokratie, 2008, p. 204 f. , Ageing electorate, 1993, p. , Aging, 2006, p. , Ageing Europe, 1997, p. 110. 23 Walker and Maltby also question whether new age-based parties will indeed be successful in Germany and other European countries.
Democracy is the rule of the people, since governments are composed by individuals who belong to the people. It is a rule by the people, since its members participate in decisionmaking processes. 56 In the following sections, examples from electoral law57, democratic theory and international law will be contrasted to show that conceptions about who should be a member of a demos have changed over time. Even today a consensus on who should be able to vote does not exist. 2. how changing conceptions about who should be entitled to vote have shaped the size and structure of electorates in European countries over time.