New research on UK MPs’ offices reveals how capacity constraints, fragmented systems, and rising expectations strain day-to-day representation. The findings highlight a growing “pacing problem,” where institutional support lags behind technological and civic demands.

As large language models enter legislative workflows, a critical question emerges: who shapes the first interpretation of policy issues? AI may either centralize agenda-setting power or expand committees’ in-house analytical capacity, reshaping deliberation, transparency, and the balance between lawmakers and external influence.

An informal cross-party network of Members of the European Parliament is experimenting with new ways to make parliamentary debate more interactive. Through small procedural pilots, these MEPs are testing how institutional culture can evolve.

How can parliaments think beyond short electoral cycles? This post examines policy foresight efforts such as the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System, Finland’s Committee for the Future, and Estonia’s Foresight Centre, showing how scenario planning and AI-supported analysis help legislatures prepare for long-term change.

Brazil’s Senate is advancing digital democracy with a new AI tool that links citizen ideas directly to bill drafting. Public suggestions can now inform legislation even without meeting endorsement thresholds, and the system has already contributed to a bill on protections for children of domestic violence victims.