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The European Parliament and the European citizen as voter
The European Parliament has a unique relationship with the European citizen. Early on, the Parliament laid claim to representing the European citizen, and used the notion of European citizenship as the foundation and legitimation of its actions and demands for reform. Indeed, the Parliament's legitimacy largely depends on its claim to represent the European citizen in the EU's transnational democracy, as opposed to the Council's claim of representing the European states. It is from this perspective ...
Citizenship education in national curricula
Citizenship education has become an education policy priority at EU level. The goal is to enable young people to develop self-awareness as members of a social group, and then possibly play a role and become active citizens at local, national or EU level. Similarly, the EU Member States have been placing a stronger focus on the teaching of values such as democracy and tolerance in their national educational policies, although this is not yet translating into practice in a systematic way. School curricula ...
El presente documento es el resumen ejecutivo del estudio sobre los programas de financiación de la UE 2021-2027 en el ámbito de la cultura, los medios de comunicación, la educación, la juventud y el deporte: primeras lecciones, desafíos y perspectivas futuras: Ciudadanos, Igualdad, Derechos y Valores (CERV) — Capítulo 3 «Compromiso y participación de los ciudadanos». El estudio completo, que está disponible en inglés, se puede descargar en: https://bit.ly/3RbQH1f
Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa: Sinopsis de las propuestas finales
¿Cómo debería ser la Unión Europea en el año 2050? ¿Cómo cree que será su vida en el año 2050? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que tuvieron que responder los ciudadanos europeos participantes en la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa durante la sesión inaugural de los paneles europeos de ciudadanos organizados en Estrasburgo en septiembre de 2021. Dar forma a una visión del futuro de Europa fue la tarea que realizaron todos los participantes en la Conferencia, tanto agentes institucionales como ...
Regional and local participation in the EU project: How the European Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations
The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) has now concluded its work. Originally conceived in May 2019 from an idea France's President Emmanuel Macron put forward in his 'letter to the citizens of Europe', the CoFoE was intended to 'propose all the changes our political project needs, with an open mind, even to amending the Treaties', particularly on the basis of citizens' proposals. Citizens 'should play a leading and active part in setting our priorities and our level of ambition', as stated ...
Asylum, borders and migration: How the European Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations
The Conference on the Future of Europe was designed to give citizens a say about their vision for the EU, by means of a multilingual digital platform and citizens' panels. The panels are transnational forums, gathering citizens from the EU Member States to discuss their ideas for the future of the Union and make recommendations on how the EU could be improved. The resulting proposals are diverse and constructive. The suggestions for the future range from adjustments of legislation in force to complete ...
The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission have committed to listen to Europeans and to follow up, within their sphere of competences, on the recommendations made. In this framework, four European Citizens’ Panels have been organized to allow citizens to jointly think about the future they want for the European Union • Panel 1 - "Stronger economy, social justice, jobs, education, culture, sport, digital transformation" • Panel 2 - "EU democracy, values, rights, rule of law ...
Reforming the European Union: How the European Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations
The Conference on the Future of Europe was designed to give the general public a say about their vision for the EU, by means of a multilingual digital platform and citizens' panels. The panels are transnational forums, gathering citizens from the EU Member States to discuss their vision for the future of the Union and make recommendations on how the EU could be improved. The resulting proposals are diverse but constructive. They include interesting, sometimes ambitious, suggestions for the future ...
Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa
La Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa es un ejercicio de abajo arriba que permite a los ciudadanos europeos expresar su opinión sobre las futuras políticas y el funcionamiento de la Unión. Utiliza herramientas como la Plataforma Digital y los Paneles de Ciudadanos para permitirles debatir temas que les conciernen. La infografía del EPRS expone las estructuras de la conferencia, su método de trabajo y los temas que se debatirán.
Citizens' engagement and expectations of the Conference on the Future of Europe
What sort of European Union do we want to see in the future? What is working well in the EU and what could be improved? These are just two examples of the kind of questions that the European citizens' panels, part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, will have to answer. The Conference on the Future of Europe marks the first time in the history of the EU that citizens have been included in a consultative process in such a structural and innovative manner. The conference, first announced by ...