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More power to the Parliament & European Passport
Avatar: %{name} Fabian Schwemmer 11/09/2021 23:31
If the European Union wishes to create a higher involvement of their citizens, listening to more...
Constitution europeenne
Avatar: %{name} PIERRE ARDANT 14/05/2021 17:40
Le projet de constitution européenne malheureusement rejeté par la France et les Pays Bas n'a...
From the quantity of votes to the quality of voices: omnilateral democracy
From the quantity of votes to the quality of voices: omnilateral democracy
Avatar: %{name} Wolfgang PAPE 20/04/2021 20:14
“Democracy” means people (Greek demos) rule (kratein): direct rule by people, distant...
Soutenir les enseignements supérieurs dans les langues nationales afin d'assurer le non-dépérissement des langues européennes
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Dieumegard 23/05/2021 10:28
L'usage excessif de l'anglais dans les enseignements supérieurs a plusieurs conséquences...
Opter pour des circonscriptions régionales lors des élections européennes en France
Avatar: %{name} Mouvement européen 18/02/2022 11:52
C’est au niveau de circonscriptions régionales à taille européenne récemment créées en France,...
Turning the Conference on the Future of Europe into a permanent forum for deliberative democracy in the European Union
Turning the Conference on the Future of Europe into a permanent forum for deliberative democracy in the European Union
Avatar: %{name} Teun Janssen 31/08/2021 15:38
The 21st century is marked by extreme and accelerating socio-political complexity, fragmentation...
Principle of public access to official records for the EU
Principle of public access to official records for the EU
Avatar: %{name} Anton Sjöstedt 07/05/2021 00:25
The principle of public access to official records in Scandinavia is the principle that everyone...
Assetto istituzionale dell'UE: verso gli Stati Uniti d'Europa
Avatar: %{name} Francesco Campana 31/08/2021 13:51
Le istituzioni dell'Unione Europea devono adottare rapidamente un assetto federale, con il...
Istituzione Referendum obbligatori
Avatar: %{name} Dario Fe 20/02/2022 18:07
Il Referendum obbligatorio consiste in una votazione popolare indetta obbligatoriamente (senza...
European Union (EU) Passport
Avatar: %{name} Viktor Vass Denia 11/05/2021 17:27
I recommend to implement a European Passport, which could be taken up by any EU Citizens. This...
Service civique pan-européen
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Un des dangers de l’Europe est l’éloignement des peuples entre eux, et l’éloignement de son...
Un vrai budget pour l’Europe : pas de taxation sans représentation, pas de représentation sans taxation
Avatar: %{name} catherine vieilledent 15/08/2021 14:28
Pour la première fois, l’UE a décidé un plan de relance massif de 750 milliards d’euros afin...
Europese Senaat
Avatar: %{name} Stephaan Taccoen 20/04/2021 10:13
Naast het EP, zou er een Europese Senaat kunnen opgericht worden, die indirect wordt verkozen en...
Designation des membres de la commission par le parlement
Avatar: %{name} Damien Cmoi 21/04/2021 17:20
Les membres de la commission doivent être désigné par le parlement (représentant du peuple...
Libretto informativo sui Referendum per tutti gli stati membri UE
Libretto informativo sui Referendum per tutti gli stati membri UE
Avatar: %{name} NICOLA RAGNO 20/02/2022 17:55
Istituire un comitato in stile Svizzero o dell’Oregon o altri paesi, che prepari il Libretto...
Kommunen-Check bei relevanter EU-Gesetzgebung
Avatar: %{name} Marco Lemme 31/05/2021 19:27
Europa wird von vielen Unionsbürgern als entferntes bürokratisches Gebilde (der Eliten)...
Encourager l’élection de candidats tête de liste (Spitzenkandidaten) à la Présidence de la Commission
Avatar: %{name} Mouvement européen 18/02/2022 11:50
Les chefs d’État et de gouvernement sont libres de s’entendre sur la personnalité qu’ils...
Future EU als Plattform beibehalten
Avatar: %{name} Ariane Rüdiger 11/05/2021 16:03
In Europa fehlt ein direkter, unkomplizierter Feedback-Mechanismus zwischen BürgerInnen und...
Pénzeső Brüsszelben
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 08/11/2021 17:38
Az Európai Bizottság rendszeresen kritizálja Magyarországot az európai uniós források...
Should the whole EU federate at the same time? No – there should be transition zones.
Should the whole EU federate at the same time? No – there should be transition zones.
Avatar: %{name} Tony Czarnecki 08/10/2021 12:48
There is an idealistic objective of achieving ‘an ever-closer union’ ending in the European...
Una Europa federal
Avatar: %{name} JEF Illes Balears 10/12/2021 11:53
Muchos de los problemas que Europa afronta en la actualidad tienen dificil solución ante una...
We need more Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Giorgio Conticelli 01/05/2021 18:14
We need more democracy in Europe. We need a real power for the EU Parliament, with control over...
No national referenda for ratification of European treaty change
Avatar: %{name} Felix Strahl 10/05/2021 12:23
The last attempt for the establishment of a European constitution failed due to several referenda...
Europe must give citizens more power than a vote every five years!
Europe must give citizens more power than a vote every five years!
Avatar: %{name} European Civic Forum 03/11/2021 16:37
Time has come to deepen democracy alongside the electoral process with citizens’ participation....
Educating European Citizens on the EU’s Mission
Avatar: %{name} Maurice Hartigan 03/05/2021 17:30
Europe is more than just a market. For too long the emphasis has been on presenting the Union in...
Zukunft Europas - Rechtsstatlichkeit
Avatar: %{name} Manfred Klein 09/05/2021 16:22
Die Europa-Union Deutschland Stadtverband Monheim am Rhein e.V. in Kooperation mit der...
I propose to incorporate blockchain technology into the democratic process (i.e. in elections)
I propose to incorporate blockchain technology into the democratic process (i.e. in elections)
Avatar: %{name} Vi Jo 19/04/2021 22:52
Blockchain / DLT has many usecases, one of which is to enable better security and verifiability...
Une Europe qui se dit démocratique se doit de l'être en acte
Une Europe qui se dit démocratique se doit de l'être en acte
Avatar: %{name} Yannis CHUPIN 20/04/2021 12:26
L'Europe aujourd'hui se dit être un porte-étendard de la démocratie. C'est vrai, mais il faut...
The common good needs the potential of civil society to shape better policies!
The common good needs the potential of civil society to shape better policies!
Avatar: %{name} European Civic Forum 03/11/2021 16:24
Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, civic organisations and groups have mobilised their...
EU Parliament must be able to initiate legislation just like the Council
Avatar: %{name} Paraskevas Paraskevas 07/05/2021 19:54
EU parliament must have a right of Initiative just like national parliaments do. The right of...
Istituire e favorire lo Spazio di libera circolazione dell'informazione
Avatar: %{name} GIORGIO DE VARDA 27/01/2022 17:05
E’ ora che l'Europa abbia una sua voce che possa arrivare a tutti i cittadini senza...
Interdire la diffusion des médias détenus par les gouvernements étrangers - Forbid the broadcast of media held by foreign governments
Avatar: %{name} Alexandre Clo. 20/04/2021 22:27
Les puissances étrangères (Chine, Turquie, Russie) se servent de leurs médias pour répandre leur...
Establish a Dialogue between EU Citizens and Politicians Before Decisions which affect their Lives and/or the Society
Avatar: %{name} Angelo Marcopolo 19/06/2021 09:49
How to Overcome the apparent Contradiction between 92% of EU Citizens' Wish to be Taken into...
Politikailag motivált forráselvonás
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 30/07/2021 11:29
A 2021-27-es időszakra vonatkozó többéves pénzügyi keret tárgyalásakor az Alapjogokért Központ a...
Let´s gather the citizens of Europe once a year for a Citizen´s Democracy Festival.
Let´s gather the citizens of Europe once a year for a Citizen´s Democracy Festival.
Avatar: %{name} Helle Fog 24/05/2021 14:25
The festival should be a manifestation of European citizenship, politics and culture. An annual...
Citizens must permanently have influence on EU's annual Work Programme and Policy Priorities
Avatar: %{name} bent noerby bonde 17/09/2021 06:51
An independent permanent mechanism must be set up to give as many of EU’s 450 million citizens as...
Piano per la Democrazia - Partecipazione
Avatar: %{name} Punto Europa Forlì 13/07/2021 09:57
L’Unione europea si trova ad affrontare molteplici sfide che evidenziano la necessità di...
Europaparlament stärken
Europaparlament stärken
Avatar: %{name} Josef Leinen 08/05/2021 12:07
Das Europäische Parlament sollte ein Untersuchungsrecht erhalten.
Das würde die Transparenz und...
Soutenir les publications scientifiques dans les diverses langues, pour relier les chercheurs à leur communauté, et stimuler leur créativité
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Dieumegard 25/05/2021 10:31
Trop souvent, les publications scientifiques, payées par les impôts de chacun, sont uniquement en...
Brussels for MEPs, Strasbourg for citizens
Avatar: %{name} Willem Strubbe 26/05/2021 14:52
Make Brussels the definitive location for the European Parliament so the MEPs don't have to...
Einheitliches Wahlrecht
Avatar: %{name} Jill Knöper 24/09/2021 10:26
Beschreibung: Das aktive Wahlrecht sollte EU-weit für alle Personen ab 16 Jahren gelten. Das...
Federalism in the EU
Avatar: %{name} Alasdair Wilson 13/05/2021 12:27
The EU must move to secure democracy, establish a sustainable future, and increase its own...
Inform the european public much earlier about democratic participatory events like futureu.europa.eu
Avatar: %{name} Dominik Kummer 10/05/2021 14:06
I read about the event in the austrian news YESTERDAY!
BTW I don't use Twitter nor Facebook...
Rendons les institutions plus democratiques et efficaces
Avatar: %{name} Hubert-Jean Gaasch 24/05/2021 11:52
1)un Président et un Parlement élus  par le peuple.
Le Gouvernement (Commission) sera nommé par...
Let's vote for the President of the European Commission in the elections to the European Parliament (picking one from all candidates in the list)
Avatar: %{name} Carlos Buendía Hontañón 01/05/2021 18:11
I propose that:
- (when?) in the elections to the European Parliament (EP).
- (who?) all European...
Recommendations of Pulse of Europe - Canarias
Recommendations of Pulse of Europe - Canarias
Avatar: %{name} JP Schoffer Petricek 01/05/2021 13:26
1. Extension of EU-citizens rights to participate in elections to all types of elections (incl....
Right of Initiative for the European Parliament
Avatar: %{name} Marco Primo 25/05/2021 23:24
Currently only the European Commission and not the European Parliament can write and propose...
The European Parliament needs to be given a right to dismiss individual EU commissioners.
Avatar: %{name} ZEI Center for European Integration Studies 21/05/2021 18:52
Until now, the European Parliament may pass a vote of no confidence against the European...
A Draft Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Free, United, Social and Ecological
A Draft Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Free, United, Social and Ecological
Avatar: %{name} UEF España 18/02/2022 21:01
INTRODUCTION
We, the inhabitants of planet Earth, constitute one single humanity. We have the...
Online Konsultationen
Avatar: %{name} Jill Knöper 24/09/2021 10:29
Bürger*innen sollten regelmäßig und selbstverständlich an Konsultationen teilnehmen. Die...
Listes transnationales: Ce n'est pas une option, mais une question de survie pour l'Union européenne.
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Lauwers 23/05/2021 22:10
Rien de neuf avec l'idée d'introduire, pour les élections européennes, des listes...
Douze idées pour améliorer la représentativité et la démocratie
Douze idées pour améliorer la représentativité et la démocratie
Avatar: %{name} Laurent Marcellin 03/05/2021 23:09
Instaurer des quotas avec bonus/malus pour varier les profils (sexe, âge, CSP, aire géographique)...
Love/Hate the European Union.
Love/Hate the European Union.
Avatar: %{name} Marc Caluwaerts 01/05/2021 11:34
Many people in Europe realize that the European Union is essential in an increasingly globalized...
Zentrales Vorgehen gegen Fake News durch eine demokratisch legitimierte EU Agentur
Avatar: %{name} Raphael Dorda 22/05/2021 12:02
Fake News bedrohen nicht nur die Demokratie und die Grundwerte der EU, sondern führen zu...
Urizálás Brüsszelben
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 30/07/2021 13:39
Az uniós intézmények fenntartásának költségei régóta közéleti vita tárgyát képezik. Az EP...
Bekämpfung Wirtschaftslobbyismus
Bekämpfung Wirtschaftslobbyismus
Avatar: %{name} Sönke Stender 09/05/2021 15:53
Die großartige Idee der EU ist zu einem fast reinen Wirtschaftslobbyismus-Verbund verkommen....
Politikai dinamit gazdasági álruhában
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 08/11/2021 17:40
Az uniós intézmények lappangó hatáskörbővítése által a hatályos uniós szerződésekben kijelölt...
Abolish the Right of Memberstates to nominate Commissioners
Abolish the Right of Memberstates to nominate Commissioners
Avatar: %{name} Gerald-Christian Heintges 09/06/2021 18:25
As the Commissioners of the European Union have to represent exclusively common European...
Politische Bildung in Europa stärken
Avatar: %{name} Philipp Lourenço 11/05/2021 19:08
In Europa sinkt das Vertrauen in die Demokratie, alleine in Portugal sagen laut einer Umfrage das...
Elezione diretta del presidente della comissione
Avatar: %{name} Andrea Lazzarini 19/04/2021 21:52
Ogni partito dell'europarlamento sceglie il proprio candidato con dialoghi interni e in...
Nemet mondunk az európai birodalomra!
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 06/10/2021 13:48
Az Európa jövőjéről szóló vita kulcskérdése az, hogy ki tudja a legjobban a tagállamok...
Composition of the European Parliament should be dynamically adjusted based on population
Composition of the European Parliament should be dynamically adjusted based on population
Avatar: %{name} Jarno Jakonen 18/05/2021 13:53
Currently the composition of the EP, i.e. the number of its members and how many are elected from...
Garantir la transparence des décisions européennes (au Conseil et dans les “comités” présidés par la Commission)
Avatar: %{name} Mouvement européen 18/02/2022 11:45
Le Conseil des ministres doit débattre et voter en public pour l’intégralité de ses travaux...
Vereinte Europäische Föderation
Avatar: %{name} pausi UNKNOWN 09/05/2021 20:30
Ich denke das alle Europäer unter einem föderalen vereinten demokratischen Staat leben sollten....
European institutions reform proposal
Avatar: %{name} Christakis AFXENTIOU 21/05/2021 21:15
The purpose of my proposal is the simplification and democratisation of the institutions of the...
Per una vera democrazia europea, una Costituzione Europea Federale
Avatar: %{name} Marco Doria 11/08/2021 12:40
La base su cui si erige una vera democrazia risiede nella Costituzione Europea che è una priorità...
Növelni kell a nemzeti parlamentek szerepét az uniós döntéshozatalban
Avatar: %{name} Alapjogokért Központ 29/09/2021 13:54
Az Európai Bizottság és az Európai Parlament demokratikus felhatalmazásának kérdése évtizedek óta...
Forma di governo dell'UE
Avatar: %{name} Alfonso Pascale 21/04/2021 16:53
Se il funzionamento dell’Unione si fonda sulla "Democrazia rappresentativa" e sullo "Stato di...
Supprimer l'unanimité au Conseil
Avatar: %{name} Björn Deckers 18/05/2021 08:59
D'autres l'ont déjà dit mais il me paraît important d'appuyer sur cela. Il faut mettre fin à la...
Entscheidungen durch Mehrheiten, mit Stimmgewicht basierend auf realen Kräfteverhältnissen
Avatar: %{name} Sorst Heehofer 09/05/2021 23:36
Die EU-Mitglieder sind selten alle einer Meinung. Das ist auch ok, wird aber zu oft zum Problem,...
Reformierbarkeit Europas von innen vorantreiben
Avatar: %{name} Marco Wiedenhaus 11/05/2021 13:34
Durch Vetokonstruktionen oder zu hohe Hürden kann Europa sich nicht reformieren. Das ist einer...
The EU should push for all member states to provide the right to vote at 16 for all elections.
Avatar: %{name} European Free Alliance 16/02/2022 17:51
Because they make up the next generation and will shape our future society, the needs and wishes...
Despite the current conflict of perceptions, the future of Europe is inevitably post-national - Daniel Martínek
Avatar: %{name} IDM Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe 03/09/2021 09:48
All individual perceptions are rooted in the environment in which people evolve and which...
Towards a Credible Space Programme
Avatar: %{name} Wolfgang WIELAND 19/05/2021 01:08
From the mid 1990ies to 2016, European launchers dominated the commercial market. This remarkable...
Reduction of the number of Commissioners to 2/3 of the number of Member States.
Reduction of the number of Commissioners to 2/3 of the number of Member States.
Avatar: %{name} Gerald-Christian Heintges 09/06/2021 18:25
It is high time that, in accordance with the number of Commissioners laid down in Article 17 of...
Aufheben des Einstimmigkeitsprinzips
Avatar: %{name} Yassar Ghanimi 10/05/2021 23:16
Das Einstimmigkeitsprinzip stellt ein Hindernis dar, wenn es darum geht, EU-Staaten, die die...
Európai Egyesült Államok
Európai Egyesült Államok
Avatar: %{name} Account deleted by user
Hozzuk létre az Európai Egyesült Államokat! Mert az Európai Unió a jelenlegi formájában a...
Creazione di un servizio radiotelevisivo pubblico europeo
Avatar: %{name} Efisio Piras 13/05/2021 22:19
Ad oggi, nel momento in cui scrivo, siamo 12.220 partecipanti su 466 milioni di cittadini europei...
Mandatory Equal Time In Lobbying
Avatar: %{name} Marco Primo 02/06/2021 06:09
I think everyone is rightly skeptical of lobbying and the potential for the EU, and especially...
Aumentar a participação dos jovens na definição de politicas de europeias
Avatar: %{name} Marco Teixeira 24/04/2021 12:40
O distanciamento dos jovens na participação na definição de politicas europeias, consultas...
Direct election of Commission President and majority-rule for EU decisions
Direct election of Commission President and majority-rule for EU decisions
Avatar: %{name} Davide Arminio 09/05/2021 19:44
- Unify the attributions of the President of European Council to President of Commission, as to...
Een Europese publieke omroep
Avatar: %{name} Arne Wind 20/04/2021 12:25
De EU heeft een publieke omroep / nieuwsorganisatie nodig. Op dit moment ziet de wereld de EU...
This platform as a permanent tool
Avatar: %{name} Martina JANUROVA 26/08/2021 20:24
The EU guarantees democratic values, it is not a corporate agency. Trust between citizens and the...
Europaweiter Empfang aller europäischen Fernsehsender
Avatar: %{name} Herbert Müller 09/05/2021 17:59
Ich würde gerne abends die Perspektive aus Frankreich, Italien , Spanien , etc Schweden , Polen,...
Relancer la citoyenneté européenne
Avatar: %{name} Robert Blayac 06/08/2021 14:10
La participation des citoyens à l'avenir de l'Union Europenne nécessite:
- une meilleure...
Progressive Manifesto for a European Democracy
Progressive Manifesto for a European Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Marco SCHWARZ 04/05/2021 10:05
The Progressive Manifesto for a European Democracy is the outcome of several Trans-European...
Protection of European Democracy from Lobbist culture
Avatar: %{name} Luka Skular 09/05/2021 15:17
It is my opinion that corporate lobbying, as shown by other examples in the world, is as big a...
Der Rat muss transparenter werden
Avatar: %{name} Philip Hackemann 29/04/2021 15:59
Der Rat der Europäischen Union ist leider immer noch extrem intransparent. Bis heute treffen die...
Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Free, United, Social and Ecological - A draft proposal
Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Free, United, Social and Ecological - A draft proposal
Avatar: %{name} UEF España 21/02/2022 17:52
INTRODUCTION
We, the inhabitants of planet Earth, constitute one single humanity. We have the...
Pour un fédéralisme coopératif : retirer des traités la liste limitative des compétences de l’UE
Pour un fédéralisme coopératif : retirer des traités la liste limitative des compétences de l’UE
Avatar: %{name} Romain Su 09/05/2021 11:38
L’imbrication contemporaine croissante des échelons de gouvernance, des types d’acteurs –...
Exercício de cidadania / Citizenship
Avatar: %{name} Mariana Pereira 24/04/2021 12:24
Considera-se que esta plataforma é um espaço pensado para materializar as reflexões e discussões...
Abolish the Spitzenkandidate system
Avatar: %{name} Jarno Jakonen 14/05/2021 04:10
There are numerous problems with the Spitzenkandidate system:
1. The candidates are chosen by a...
The reform of EU Institutions
The reform of EU Institutions
Avatar: %{name} gerrie boom 09/05/2021 23:42
We need to talk about the current EU Institutions. One of the most important things in a...
Unia Europejska jako dom
Avatar: %{name} Boguslaw Blicharski 22/04/2021 17:48
Unia Europejska to nasz wspólny dom. To my tworzymy wspólną przestrzeń i stanowi ona naszą...
EU Staatsbürgerschaft und EU-Regierung
Avatar: %{name} Dirk Scharmann 30/04/2021 00:11
Geben Sie jedem Bürger der Mitgliedsstaates der EURO-Zone die Möglichkeit, neben seiner...
Reforming how the EU Commission, Council and Parliament is elected
Avatar: %{name} Aziz Tasar 14/05/2021 22:09
1.The Parliament should be elected through a Eu wide list, since the Positons of Political groups...
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