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Reforming and extending the right of the European Citizenship Initiative (ECI)
Reforming and extending the right of the European Citizenship Initiative (ECI)
Avatar: %{name} Jean Charles 16/11/2021 17:22
Should democracy remain limited to election, or can it extend to the exercise of power?...
The EU should respect democratic referendums
Avatar: %{name} Daithi Ó Shea 19/04/2021 21:22
Over the past few years the EU has suffered a lot of rejection to treaties only to have them...
A language for the European Union
Avatar: %{name} Marco Tuttolomondo 24/04/2021 20:28
The Brexit chapter has come to an end and the UK will therefore be able to enjoy its isolation....
Elected Executive
Avatar: %{name} Labhrás Finneadha 19/04/2021 13:35
Be selected as members of the Commission of the European Parliament. The executive (government)...
Communicating EU action on screen — Communicate the action of EU on TV
Avatar: %{name} Alexandre Clo. 20/04/2021 22:13
FR-EN (taken from an existing proposal) One of the weaknesses of the EU is not to communicate its...
United Citizens of Europe
Avatar: %{name} Luigi MOCCIA 21/04/2021 18:36
Concept of United Citizens of Europe signifying the autonomous character of Union citizenship,...
Stop Council blockades by democratic means
Avatar: %{name} Felix Strahl 01/05/2021 19:31
The Europen Parliament should have the ability as the directly elected representation of the...
Improving education about EU actions
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European citizens are in most cases unaware of the real actions of the European Union. It is...
We call on the European Parliamentarians to meet in the Constituent Assembly to draft the new Constitution of Federal Europe
We call on the European Parliamentarians to meet in the Constituent Assembly to draft the new Constitution of Federal Europe
Avatar: %{name} Guillaume Bruyas 09/02/2022 17:29
In order to face the many challenges facing Europe — democratic, environmental, economic, health,...
Take subsidiarity and proportionality seriously
Avatar: %{name} Paul Ruebig 23/11/2021 11:00
There must also be a culture of "restraint" on the part of the Commission in exercising its right...
Better application of the principle of subsidiarity
Avatar: %{name} dominique PANNIER 18/01/2022 22:02
Since the Maastricht Treaty, the EU has implemented the principle of subsidiarity, which...
Erasmus for local and regional representatives
Erasmus for local and regional representatives
Avatar: %{name} European Committee of the Regions 08/10/2021 10:51
The European Union has more than one million local and regional elected representatives, who can...
EU ambassadors for the European idea
Avatar: %{name} Jonas Derichs 19/04/2021 18:04
European Union. What do I need that for? What’s that anyway? In this way or something, many...
A Europe for Europeans
Avatar: %{name} Matthias Waibel 19/04/2021 21:27
1) Center the EU around Europeans. On an individual level and on a regional level. 2) EU...
Citizen Participation in the EU must have a demonstrable and specific impact on decisions taken
Citizen Participation in the EU must have a demonstrable and specific impact on decisions taken
Avatar: %{name} Citizens Takeover Europe CTOE 11/05/2021 15:10
When citizens are invited to participate in the European Union, whether it is through elections,...
Full right of initiative for the European Parliament
Avatar: %{name} Stefan Padberg 21/04/2021 11:59
The European Parliament should be given the right to propose directives. So far, this can only be...
Transnational lists : a political opportunity for Europe
Avatar: %{name} Matthieu Meunier 27/04/2021 12:34
In this Policy paper, Christine Verger, adviser at the Jacques Delors Institute, explains the...
The EU and its member states should make use of deliberative citizens' participation methods to encourage dialogue and overcome policy deadlocks.
Avatar: %{name} European Free Alliance 16/02/2022 17:39
Recent exercises in participative democracy, like the Citizens’ Assembly in Scotland and the...
Institutional Reform of the European Union
Avatar: %{name} Ignacio Esteban Sarmiento Garcia 21/04/2021 12:39
My idea of strengthening democracy in the institutions of the European Union is the creation of a...
Confederal Europe — a democratic alternative for sui generis limbo?
Confederal Europe — a democratic alternative for sui generis limbo?
Avatar: %{name} Erik Schrama 20/04/2021 11:57
Whether you are for or against European unity, we all agree that the E.U. cannot continue as it....
European Commission
Avatar: %{name} Zsuzsanna Szászné Molnár 20/04/2021 20:03
European democracy is under threat. Viktor Orbán. (Hungarian democracy has already been...
Use Latin words for all EU institution names 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
Use Latin words for all EU institution names 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
Avatar: %{name} Hugo Garcia-Cotte 12/05/2021 16:06
Erasmus for the world is already called "Erasmus Mundus"
Companies registered at the European...
Einstimmigkeitsprinzip
Avatar: %{name} Chrisitan Lange 19/05/2021 19:34
I consider this principle as paralysis for Europe. Democracy is based on majority decisions in a...
Reform of the electoral law for the European Parliament to include gender equality in representation.
Avatar: %{name} Noi Rete Donne 14/02/2022 15:56
We call for a reform of the electoral law for the European Parliament, with the provision of...
The right to vote in every Member State, for all EU citizens
Avatar: %{name} Justin Goshorn 15/09/2021 19:33
Today, on the UN-designated International Day of Democracy, we are reminded that we should never...
Create a real representative democracy by strengthening European political parties
Create a real representative democracy by strengthening European political parties
Avatar: %{name} Louis Drounau 04/05/2021 10:59
Political parties are the founding blocks of modern representative democracies.
Among others,...
The Council of the European Union should become a co-legislator European Senate.
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:28
The Council of the Union must become a second chamber composed of elected representatives from...
Regulating the social media platforms in the future
Avatar: %{name} Pavel HAVLICEK 07/06/2021 14:13
The EU must promote clear and comprehensible rules for regulating the digital environment, based...
The European Parliament should be truly co-legislator whenever an issue is addressed by the European institutions.
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:27
As a chamber representing the interests of citizens, the European Parliament must be able to do...
Open Council meetings
Avatar: %{name} Gert Johansen 22/04/2021 10:46
In order to strengthen democracy in the EU, Council meetings should be open to the public and the...
Single harmonised European electoral law
Avatar: %{name} Gerald-Christian Heintges 09/06/2021 18:26
Since the 1957 Treaty of Rome in Article 138 (3) "The Assembly shall draw up proposals for...
Learning European languages
Avatar: %{name} Alain Girardet 19/04/2021 21:48
It must be a priority. Beyond their national language, learn at least that of neighbouring...
That a certain number of MEPs are elected from a transnational list and that cross-border European constituencies are
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:29
In order to raise awareness among the public of the issues at stake in the European elections and...
Creating a representative EU with civil society organisations
Avatar: %{name} Social Platform 05/10/2021 17:17
Giving civil society organisations a seat at the table is a sure way to make EU policies...
Repression in Catalonia
Avatar: %{name} Carlos 19/02/2022 10:27
As a Catalan citizen, I want to transfer to the EU the repression that defenders of Catalonia’s...
That the number of Commissioners should be left to the disappointment of the Commission president;
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:23
The current composition of the European Commission and the process of appointing European...
Elect the President of the EU. One President, elected by all Europeans.
Elect the President of the EU. One President, elected by all Europeans.
Avatar: %{name} Clemente Cappello 21/04/2021 12:59
The Eu is struggling, it's time to change it.
You can change it by having one President of...
One-stop-shop, permanent platform to activate any avenue of participation: from ECIs to petitions and complaints
One-stop-shop, permanent platform to activate any avenue of participation: from ECIs to petitions and complaints
Avatar: %{name} Alberto ALEMANNO 30/07/2021 15:39
The EU offers many more opportunities to participate than the average Member State. Think of the...
Adopting modern Latin as a common European language
Adopting modern Latin as a common European language
Avatar: %{name} Vincent Jacques 06/05/2021 16:40
Despite official multilingualism, English is currently the main operating language of the...
An inter-institutional agreement that establishes a broad policy framework for EU civil dialogue.
Avatar: %{name} Civil Society Europe 18/02/2022 17:20
The European Commission should respond to repeated calls by proposing the conclusion of an...
Giving Members of the European Parliament more powers to carry the votes of their constituents more effectively
Avatar: %{name} Mouvement européen 18/02/2022 11:37
The only EU institution whose members have been directly elected by Europeans since 1979, the...
Democracy lives by majorities, not by unanimity!
Avatar: %{name} Michael Smalla 13/05/2021 10:57
The democratic principle is based, among other things, on the principle of majority! Too often,...
European Association Statute
Avatar: %{name} Gerald-Christian Heintges 20/04/2021 21:32
In order to strengthen European civil society, it is absolutely necessary that the citizens of...
Strengthening the Sense of a European Demos through Transnational Lists in Elections to the EP and the Abolishing of Unanimity in the Consilium
Avatar: %{name} André Wyss 07/05/2021 08:26
The original idea of President Macron in the Franco-German non-paper that initiated this...
2 % European budget: strengthening the EU’s economic and institutional framework and Parliament’s role by voting on the budget
Avatar: %{name} Emmanuelle ORTOLI 11/01/2022 15:57
The European Union must have its own resources and reach the critical mass as defined in the...
European association with a single European constitutive act
Avatar: %{name} Pietro Adorni 20/02/2022 23:49
As "One Hour for Europe" we note that the actual situatiion limit the possibility of ESTABLISHING...
Common European Public Service Media
Common European Public Service Media
Avatar: %{name} Balázs Sándor 20/04/2021 13:28
In many Member States, it is a problem that public service media serve the interests of the...
Creation of a European channel
Avatar: %{name} Marine Marcoux 27/04/2021 21:09
I believe that the creation of a Europe-wide television channel promoting Europe, its cultures,...
The European Parliament benefits from the legislative initiative.
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:25
As the institution directly representing citizens, the European Parliament should be able to...
That only one person occupies the post of President of the European Council and of the Commission.
Avatar: %{name} Marie Caillaud 30/04/2021 12:20
The European Union suffers from a cruel lack of visibilite, which is prejudicial to European...
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