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Autospark, Bastin, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Bondegezou, Checco, Checco (it), CrazyRepublican, Doktorbuk, EBB, Europarliament, Everyking, Hoshie, IdiotSavant, JLogan, Lilac Soul, Red_King, Rizalninoynapoleon, Ronline, RJFF, Ssolbergj, Steven Andrew Scarface220995, That-Vela-Fella, The Tom, Zntrip, Zscout370.

• 13 December: Goldenes Brett 2019

• Upcoming Hinchinbrook state by-election, 2025 National Unity leadership election, Next Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
• unknown: 2026 Bangsamoro Parliament election, 2025 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Next Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election, Icelandic European Union membership referendum, Next Thai general election
• postponed a lot: 2022 Chuukese independence referendum, Next Egyptian municipal elections, Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2019, Next Libyan presidential election and Next Libyan parliamentary election and Next Libyan referendum, Next Malian parliamentary election, Next Myanmar general election, 2024 North Korean parliamentary election, 2021 Palestinian legislative election and 2021 Palestinian presidential election, Next Sudanese general election, Next Ukrainian parliamentary election and Next Ukrainian presidential election, Next Yemeni parliamentary election and Next Yemeni presidential election, Next Tokelau status referendum by 2026

• this
• unknown/long-term ongoing:
  •  Austria: Praterstraße inkl. Nestroyplatz (2024)), Pfeilgasse (2024?), Thaliastraße (bis ca. 2024?), Bernardgasse (bis November 2024), Kirchengasse, Stiftgasse (2027), Neugestaltung Schwedenplatz (verzögert), Projekt „Wiener Eislaufverein – Hotel Intercontinental – Wiener Konzerthaus“, neuer Freiraum am Sophienspital-Gelände (bis 2024), Lerchenfelder Straße (2024), Josef-Matthias-Hauer-Platz, Michaelerplatz neu (ab Feber 2024), Christian-Broda-Platz neu (bis Herbst 2024), Wiedner Hauptstraße (bis Herbst 2024), Favoritenstraße (bis Herbst 2025), Postgasse (bis Juni 2025) – Wientalterrassen (zwei weitere Wienzeile Höhe Spengergasse und zwischen Neville-Brücke und Reinprechtsdorfer Straße später), eine der drei Rad-Langstrecken und zwei von sieben Flaniermeilen bis 2018 (weitere bis 2025; Rad-Langstrecken)
  •  Bougainville: independence by 2025
  •  British Indian Ocean Territory: return to  Mauritius
  •  Commonwealth realms:  Antigua and Barbuda [1],  Australia (Republicanism in Australia),  Bahamas [2],  Belize [3],  Grenada (?),  Jamaica [4] (Republicanism in Jamaica, Constitutional Reform Committee),  Saint Kitts and Nevis [5],  Saint Lucia [6],  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [7]
  •  Cook Islands: name change to Avaiki Nui Avaiki Rua or Atea (… also new flag?)
  •  European Union:
  •  Guyana/ Venezuela: dispute mediation by Dag Halvor Nylander failed, so now ICJ case
  •  Gulf Cooperation Council: Union plans^[18]
  •  Iraq: Kirkuk status referendum (border changes planned before?^[19]) and Basra Federal Region referendum
  •  New Caledonia: referendum on Bougival Accord in February 2026?
  •  Pakistan: new Bahawalpur Province and Saraikistan/South Punjab provinces
  •  Solomon Islands: To enact republican federal constitution draft, progress in 2016, to be passed soon??.
  •  Sudan: Abyei status referendum – national dialogue
  •  United States: cannabis legalization law, National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, capital punishment abolishments (KY NV OR, previously almost CA DE NE), redistricting initiatives in Florida, Michigan, Ohio; perhaps Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, vote by mail: California (by 2022?) on the way, North Dakota also? (31/53)
  • Template:Same-sex_unions

• Reform of the United Nations Security Council and Reform of the United Nations.
• International courts:
• Eradication of infectious diseases:^[20]
  • ongoing: dracunculiasis (close), poliomyelitis (almost!)
  • African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, trachoma, yaws
  • filariasis, malaria, measles, onchocerciasis, rubella
  • Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, visceral leishmaniasis

New euro joiners have to accede to the Treaty establishing the ESM.

• Andean Community of Nations:  Chile,  Mexico,  Panama^[33]
•  ASEAN:  Papua New Guinea (possibly^[34]),  Timor-Leste (applied 2006)^[35]
• Caribbean Community:  Dominican Republic
• File:Flag of EAC.svg East African Community:  South Sudan —  Somalia,^[36]  Sudan^[37]
• EFTA:  Faroe Islands^[38]
• ESA enlargement:
• Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf:  Yemen
• NATO:
• OECD: Numerous countries.
  • In membership talks:^[42]  Russia (suspended)
  • In preparation:  Argentina,  Brazil,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Peru,  Romania
  • “Enhanced engagement”:^[43]  Brazil,  People’s Republic of China,  India,  Indonesia,  South Africa
  • Interested:  Malaysia,  Peru
  •  Europe members:  Malta applied to join 24 September 2005;  Cyprus^[44] likely to join.
•  United States Visa Waiver Program:  Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  Romania

•  France…
  • …to decide status of eight overseas departments and territories (French Polynesia and New Caledonia → independence; French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna → unknown).
  • …to decide on establishment of Département Pays Basque, to secede from Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques at some point in the future. Attempt to gather 45,000 signatures to force a referendum failed in October 2006.^[45]
•  Philippines to resolve Bangsamoro issue: Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been fighting for more autonomy or independence for decades.
•  Russia to reduce number of federal subjects from 83 to between 40 and 50.
•  United Kingdom to decide status of twelve overseas territories, the Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus and three crown dependencies (technically not even part of the UK, but of the British Crown).
•  United States territories of  Puerto Rico (discussion ongoing) and New Columbia to become the 51st and 52nd states,  Guam to become a commonwealth (procedural problems mostly^[51]). Also to get out of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
•  Australian Northern Territory to become a state.^[52]
•  Canada: Proposals for new Canadian provinces and territories.
•  Tokelau rejected free association with  New Zealand in a referendum in February 2006 and in another one in October 2007 (a majority of around 60% was in favour, but not the required supermajority of 66.6%). Will be voted on again in the future.^[53]
•  Cook Islands and  Niue could become factually independent from  New Zealand any time they wish by joining the United Nations as Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia did.
•  Sudan likely to be restructured: East Sudan Peace Agreement of 2007 with Eastern Front in Al Qadarif, Kassala and Red Sea; Darfur Peace Agreement to be enforced and possibly renegotiated, with a referendum on amalgamation to be held.
• Denmark Rigsfællesskabet to break apart in the long run.
• Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands to break apart in the long run?

•  French Polynesia is actively working towards independence from  France; President Oscar Temaru in his September 14, 2007 election speech indicated he wanted a referendum on independence within 20 years.
• For Kashmir, independence may be the only long-term option in its position between  India,  Pakistan and  People’s Republic of China. Musharraf might be willing to talk about it.^[54]
• Nevis actively working towards independence from  Saint Kitts and Nevis, referendum to be held. Already held a referendum in 1998, which failed to pass although more than 60% were in favour, since 66.6% were required.
•  Palestine to become independent from  Israel, consisting of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank;  Israel will have to pull out of the West Bank first; reconstruction in the Gaza Strip is currently starting. (ISO code exists.)
• Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Uyghuristan/East Turkestan to gain freedom from  People’s Republic of China sooner or later.
•  Sahrawi Republic to hold a referendum on independence from  Morocco… hopefully. Morocco has been less than forthcoming, however. Western Sahara enjoys support from  Algeria and  Spain, among others. (ISO code exists.)

•  Bolivia and  Chile to resolve conflict over Bolivia’s sea access.
•  Colombia to resolve civil war with ELN and FARC-EP.
• Eastern  Europe to improve human rights situation for Roma, e. g. through the Decade of Roma Inclusion.
•  Indonesia to finally let go of West Papua, as well as implement the autonomy agreement for Aceh.
•  Russia to resolve civil war in Chechnya.
•  Spain to resolve the ambitions of its autonomous communities:
  • Historical communities: Andalusia, the Basque Country (38 to 31 in favour?!^[59]), Catalonia and Galicia demand more autonomy or independence. The Basque Country might attain independence ( Basque Country and Navarre in Spain, parts of the département Pyrénées Atlantiques in  France). The Catalan Countries might also succeed with this endeavour ( Balearic Islands, Catalonia, La Franja (eastern part of Aragon) and Valencia in Spain,  Andorra, Northern Catalonia (part of the département Pyrénées-Orientales) in France). Galicians might also favour to merge with  Portugal.
  • New statutes for Aragon, Balearic Islands and Castile-La Mancha (to be passed as law soon), Valencia.
  • Autonomous communities which want to declare themselves comunidades históricas: Aragon,^[60] Asturias,^[61] Balearic Islands,^[62] Canary Islands,^[63] Castile and León,^[64] Valencia^[65]
  • Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Extremadura,  La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre don’t have plans to declare themselves as a comunidad histórica yet.
•  Sudan to resolve civil war in Darfur.
•  Turkey to resolve  Armenian Genocide, Assyrian Genocide and Pontic Greek Genocide issues, as well as the rights of Alevis.
•  Iran,  Iraq,  Syria and  Turkey to resolve conflict over Kurdistan issue: Rebels have been fighting in eastern Turkey for an independent Kurdistan for decades, and the Kurdish Autonomous Region in northern Iraq might break away.
•  Uganda to resolve civil war in the north with Lord’s Resistance Army.

• Constitutional monarchies:
  • Equal primogeniture:  Belgium (×),  Denmark (×),  Luxembourg (×),  Netherlands (×),  Norway (×),  Sweden (×),  United Kingdom (×)
  • Male primogeniture:  Bhutan (×),  Spain (×, to be changed?),  Thailand (×)
  • Salic law:  Japan (×, could still be changed?)
  • Special cases:  Andorra (/×/, co-principality),  Cambodia (×, appointed by Throne Council),  Lesotho (×, appointed by the College of Chiefs),  Malaysia (×, elective monarchy with fixed order of rotation for five-year terms)
• Semi-constitutional monarchies:
• Absolute monarchies:

• National level:
• Subnational entities still using blue or red ensigns:

• Proporz to be abolished in Lower Austria and Upper Austria, and to be factually abolished in Vienna
• Better immigration policy.
• Abolishing conscription.^[77]
• Legalising abortion de iure, and not only de facto.
• Carinthia to put up *more* bilingual town signs, Enotna Lista finally to have electoral success.
• Vienna‘s Bezirksvertretungen (watchlist: 3/16/17):
  • 1., Innere Stadt
    • 2025: ÖVP 36.16%, SPÖ 20.60%, Grüne 15.47%
    • 2020: ÖVP 40.52%, SPÖ 22.97%, Grüne 17.38%
    • 2015: ÖVP 25.68%, SPÖ 24.18%, Grüne 15.97%
    • 2010: ÖVP 37.95%, SPÖ 23.44%, Grüne 18.37%
    • 2005: ÖVP 43.32%, SPÖ 29.84%, Grüne 18.30%
    • 2001: ÖVP 33.11%, SPÖ 25.64%, Grüne 17.34%
    • 1996: ÖVP 38.21%, SPÖ 18.90%, Grüne 11.35%
  • 2., Leopoldstadt
    • 2025: SPÖ 33.93%, Grüne 29.57%, FPÖ 12.73% (+ 0.71%)
    • 2020: SPÖ 35.38%, Grüne 30.56%, FPÖ 5.03% (+ 2.27%)
    • 2016: Grüne 35.34%, SPÖ 28.06%, FPÖ 22.47%
    • 2015: SPÖ 38.64%, Grüne 22.15%, FPÖ 22.10%
    • 2010: SPÖ 42.29%, FPÖ 21.00%, Grüne 20.78%
    • 2005: SPÖ 48.46%, Grüne 19.60%, FPÖ 13.37%
    • 2001: SPÖ 46.66%, FPÖ 19.81%, Grüne 15.51%
    • 1996: SPÖ 38.47%, FPÖ 29.51%, Grüne 9.98%
  • 4., Wieden
    • 2025: SPÖ 32.05%, Grüne 27.98%, ÖVP 12.09%
    • 2020: SPÖ 33.23%, Grüne 28.10%, ÖVP 19.79%
    • 2015: SPÖ 32.03%, Grüne 26.13%, ÖVP 16.09%
    • 2010: SPÖ 28.22%, Grüne 28.19%, ÖVP 28.13%
    • 2005: ÖVP 30.28%, SPÖ 29.35%, Grüne 28.13%
    • 2001: ÖVP 30.11%, SPÖ 28.70%, Grüne 22.10%
    • 1996: ÖVP 34.89%, SPÖ 24.14%, Grüne 12.74%
  • 5., Margareten
    • 2025: Grüne 32.45%, SPÖ 31.04%
    • 2020: SPÖ 35.31%, Grüne 28.22%
    • 2015: SPÖ 38.75%, Grüne 22.84%
  • 6., Mariahilf
    • 2025: SPÖ 34.30%, Grüne 33.14%, ÖVP 8.95%
    • 2020: SPÖ 37.20%, Grüne 30.43%, ÖVP 14.87%
    • 2015: SPÖ 33.94%, Grüne 29.80%, ÖVP 11.59%
    • 2010: SPÖ 37.10%, Grüne 26.09%, ÖVP 18.08%
    • 2005: SPÖ 35.55%, Grüne 28.97%, ÖVP 25.40%
    • 2001: SPÖ 30.66%, ÖVP 25.70%, Grüne 24.91%
    • 1996: ÖVP 34.21%, SPÖ 24.11%, Grüne 14.99%
  • 8., Josefstadt
    • 2025: Grüne 44.13%, SPÖ 18.23%, ÖVP 16.03%
    • 2020: Grüne 33.59%, ÖVP 30.55%, SPÖ 18.58%
    • 2015: ÖVP 30.55%, Grüne 27.22% (+ 4.25%), SPÖ 19.70%
    • 2010: ÖVP 27.53%, Grüne 24.23% (+ 11.63%), SPÖ 23.46%
    • 2005: Grüne 32.26%, ÖVP/Pro Josefstadt 29.00%, SPÖ 28.58%
    • 2001: ÖVP 25.19% (+ 7.02%), SPÖ 24.69%, Grüne 24.54%
    • 1996: ÖVP 27.24% (+ 8.26%), SPÖ 21.62%, Grüne 15.47%
  • 9., Alsergrund
    • 2020: SPÖ 34.70%, Grüne 27.48%, ÖVP 10.42%
    • 2020: SPÖ 31.45%, Grüne 29.21%, ÖVP 18.32%
    • 2015: SPÖ 31.28%, Grüne 27.45%, ÖVP 13.84%
    • 2010: SPÖ 32.17%, Grüne 28.51%, ÖVP 21.99%
    • 2005: SPÖ 33.81%, Grüne 29.43%, ÖVP 25.52%
    • 2001: SPÖ 32.50%, ÖVP 26.03%, Grüne 21.23%
    • 1996: SPÖ 27.80%, ÖVP 26.83%, Grüne 14.58%
  • 10., Favoriten
    • 2025: SPÖ 42.25%, FPÖ 26.74% (+ 1.29%)
    • 2020: SPÖ 47.40%, FPÖ 10.52% (+ 4.32%)
    • 2015: SPÖ 40.40%, FPÖ 38.18%
    • 2010: SPÖ 47.43%, FPÖ 33.32%
  • 11., Simmering
    • 2025: SPÖ 42.20%, FPÖ 35.97% (+ 1.17%)
    • 2020: SPÖ 41.49%, FPÖ 28.61% (+ 3.01%)
    • 2015: FPÖ 41.76%, SPÖ 40.83%
    • 2010: SPÖ 49.19%, FPÖ 34.21%
  • 13., Hietzing
    • 2020: ÖVP 28.04%, SPÖ 23.27%
    • 2020: ÖVP 44.25%, SPÖ 22.28%
    • 2015: ÖVP 39.35%, SPÖ 23.29%
    • 2010: ÖVP 36.51%, SPÖ 29.18%
    • 2005: ÖVP 39.50%, SPÖ 33.38%
    • 2001: ÖVP 36.65%, SPÖ 31.65%
    • 1996: ÖVP 38.57%, SPÖ 29.02%
  • 15., Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
    • 2025: SPÖ 35.46%, Grüne 26.61%, FPÖ 14.27% (+ 0.62%), ÖVP 6.45%
    • 2020: SPÖ 38.53%, Grüne 23.89%, ÖVP 13.40%, FPÖ 6.12% (+ 2.62%)
    • 2015: SPÖ 39.05%, FPÖ 24.83%, Grüne 21.20%, ÖVP 6.69%
    • 2010: SPÖ 43.60%, FPÖ 23.35%, Grüne 19.36%, ÖVP 9.74%
    • 2005: SPÖ 49.47%, Grüne 17.56%, FPÖ 16.06%, ÖVP 13.46%
    • 2001: SPÖ 47.33%, FPÖ 21.95%, Grüne 14.37%, ÖVP 12.87%
    • 1996: SPÖ 38.12%, FPÖ 32.31%, ÖVP 12.63%, Grüne 9.13%
  • 17., Hernals
    • 2025: SPÖ 31.25%, Grüne 26.33%
    • 2020: SPÖ 33.21%, Grüne 24.28%
  • 18., Währing
    • 2025: Grüne 43.03%, ÖVP 17.85%, SPÖ 15.49%
    • 2020: Grüne 38.70%, ÖVP 27.48%, SPÖ 17.86%
    • 2015: Grüne 28.07%, ÖVP 27.26%, SPÖ 22.19%
    • 2010: ÖVP 30.63%, SPÖ 27.02%, Grüne 25.78%
    • 2005: ÖVP 34.85%, SPÖ 30.40%, Grüne 23.07%
    • 2001: ÖVP 32.13%, SPÖ 28.36%, Grüne 19.52%
    • 1996: ÖVP 32.87%, SPÖ 24.65%, Grüne 11.35%
  • 19., Döbling
    • 2025: ÖVP 32.69%, SPÖ 25.07%
    • 2020: ÖVP 36.89%, SPÖ 26.92%
    • 2015: ÖVP 32.53%, SPÖ 27.84%
    • 2010: ÖVP 36.38%, SPÖ 31.82%
    • 2005: ÖVP 40.67%, SPÖ 34.31%
    • 2001: ÖVP 36.54%, SPÖ 32.61%
    • 1996: ÖVP 37.31%, SPÖ 28.17%
  • 21., Floridsdorf
    • 2025: SPÖ 42.34%, FPÖ 28.74% (+ 1.67%)
    • 2020: SPÖ 44.52%, FPÖ 9.64% (+ 4.46%)
    • 2015: SPÖ 38.36%, FPÖ 37.15%
    • 2010: SPÖ 45.00%, FPÖ 29.99%
  • 22., Donaustadt
    • 2025: SPÖ 37.48%, FPÖ 27.86% (+ 1.63%)
    • 2020: SPÖ 45.08%, FPÖ 9.76% (+ 3.86%)
    • 2015: SPÖ 40.67%, FPÖ 36.74%
    • 2010: SPÖ 47.03%, FPÖ 30.20%
• Electoral reform in  Canada:
  • Federal: FPTP
  • British Columbia: FPTP, BC-STV almost approved in 2005 referendum (58% approval, 60% needed), failed clearly in 2009 referendum (39% approval)
  • Prince Edward Island: FPTP, MMP rejected in 2005 referendum (38% approval)
  • Ontario: FPTP, MMP rejected in 2007 referendum (36.8% approval)
  • New Brunswick: FPTP, MMP referendum in 2008 was cancelled
  • Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon: FPTP
  • Nunavut, Northwest Territories: FPTP non-partisan