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The goals for this measure would be:
- for young European to feel like to can participate in the...
- for young European to feel like to can participate in the...
A more robust democratic control of EU actions and members states is the key for a better Future...
Make possible to have referendum organised by EU for all european citizens
Being an evolved society — effective depends on politics, laws, educated citizens, law...
It is not in Hungary’s interest to integrate a progressive bureaucracy organised on a secular...
We federalists, together with ARCI, Public Notice, Fondazione Benvenuti in Italy, the CHANCE and...
For Europe’s survival as an area of freedom and democracy, it is important to combat radicalism...
To strengthen democracy in the EU:
The European Parliament should (like the Council) have not...
The European Parliament should (like the Council) have not...
The key issue of the debate on the future of Europe is who best enforces the will of the...
The Federal Union - federalunion.org.uk - was founded in 1938 in London to offer a democratic and...
While Europe collapses and the meetings in Brussels are a scam, we only see European socialism...

Arguments on this topic are endless, but look at two key points:
-turnout at national- vs...
-turnout at national- vs...
Citizens should, of course, participate in consultations on a regular basis. EU policy-making...
The issue of democratic empowerment by the European Commission and the European Parliament has...
The Article 7 procedure takes too much time and it is too bureaucratic to be applied effectively,...
Public opinion polls show that the vast majority of European citizens support European...
The European Union should follow the concept of nation-state. The European institutions should...
Hello Europe, the European democracy that has been shown, is talking very much, unfortunately,...
From the mid 1990ies to 2016, European launchers dominated the commercial market. This remarkable...
To encourage Europeans to have a better knowledge and knowledge of the language, culture and...
Current EU policies to strengthen the civil society are based on long-lasting presumptions and...
It is true that there are many tools for the democratisation of third countries with a view to...
The institutions of the European Union must quickly adopt a federal framework, with the...

Real cohesion requires new systemic efforts from EU institutions which are Treaty bound to...
The European Union should have a President chosen by the people of Europe in direct elections....
Since the start of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), only 78 initiatives have been...
There are many European instruments at the service of European citizens and can also be effective...
2 separate ideas 1) the referendum before validating major European decisions (commercial...
Voting more often (every few months) on different topics , would create more debate across Europe...
Description: The right to vote should apply throughout the EU to all persons aged 16 and over....
The media outlets with the widest reach publish in English. That means, with a couple of...
Roman citizenship = European citizenship, since perhaps, all countries, including Bulgaria, will...
There is the way to much manipulation by the deepest media’s in Europe. Its like some topics have...
EU citizens must have the responsibility and the right to “build” a new European model. So far,...
Peter Bowman The fact that the treaties on the accession of a third country to the European Union...
The EU has to break the Gordian knot of wanting to rule but not having a government. Governance...
In addition to the EP, a European Senate could be established, indirectly elected and composed by...
Once a month, as many public television stations as possible in the EU should jointly offer a...
As extreme positions go viral and the spread of false information rests uncontained, a toxic...
There can be no European democracy. Democracy is the power of the people. The European people do...
In order to achieve a European Constitution in a meaningful period of time, it will be necessary...
The permanent crisis in which the EU is facing is the result of fundamental differences between...
Under the current system, the outcome of the European elections has little effect on the...
The European Parliament as the only body of the European Union that is directly elected by the...
My suggestion: 1. Member States (e.g. Hungary) which deliberately violate democratic principles...
In order to better engage citizens, more identification with local backgrounds and cultures is...
How nice would it be, and how wel would it promote the European thought, if citizens from all...
As a matter of principle, all political positions not elected by the population, national...
The aim of this proposal is to strengthen European democracy and anchor it in the territories. In...
Despite growing nationalism, populism or whatever …ism they come up with, many people still are...
Europe lacks a direct, straightforward feedback mechanism between citizens and the EU level. The...
In France, the Citizen Climate Convention has shown the way: I wish to be able to feel European...

The EU offers many more opportunities to participate than the average Member State. Think of the...
The European parliament while being served by the European people, does not get the democratic...

When citizens are invited to participate in the European Union, whether it is through elections,...
The present approach is intended to be a plea to encourage the active social participation of...
An alarming degree of Supranational mission creep has derived from the notion of European...
In elections for the European Parliament, the principles of proportional representation with list...
It's clear that the veto law is severely limiting the EU's capability to act fast. There are many...
EU parliament must have a right of Initiative just like national parliaments do. The right of...
In Europe, trust in democracy is decreasing, while in Portugal alone, according to a survey, only...
Citizens vote directly for their representatives in the European Parliament. But if the European...
Judicial independence is being systematically attacked by the governments of several Member...
Since the EU is not able to reform itself, all willing states of the EU should call for a...
Fake news not only threatens democracy and fundamental values of the EU, but leads to tensions...
I was very enthusiastic about peaceful developments and the unification of the countries in...

Wow!
For the first time our European leaders (Commission, Council, Parliament) promised to...
For the first time our European leaders (Commission, Council, Parliament) promised to...
All information disclosed to public needs to be based on facts.
Each publication needs to have a...
Each publication needs to have a...
The original idea of President Macron in the Franco-German non-paper that initiated this...
Instead of the existing system of three Presidents of the EU having overlapping roles and...
Every account on social media needs to be based on personal ID. Only one ID to be allowed per...
Ever since the first departure from the intergovernmental model, the EU is as much a union of...
Thanks to the internet today we all have a voice, but without it we are without a voice, so the...

The election of representatives to the European Parliament is often shaken by voters, especially...
For a common Europe, it is necessary to live in a common economic space, free of tariffs and free...
I would like to know different points of view how democracy works in every EU countries. So far...
The Union needs to overcome the unanimity rule, this is urgent to allow a wider capability to...
The system that the European Union has through the European Council is ineffective, which causes...
Concept of United Citizens of Europe signifying the autonomous character of Union citizenship,...
Many EU laws use arcane language and muddled terminology that make them difficult to understand....
In a democracy, all citizens should be equal before the right, for example in elections and...
There are political positions with limited terms (as president) and positions that remain...
If the functioning of the Union is based on ‘representative democracy’ and the ‘rule of law’ and...

As the Commissioners of the European Union have to represent exclusively common European...
Unfortunately, many MEPs promise beautiful ones only until they are elected. When he enters the...
The creation of a compulsory European civic service for all Europeans (men and women) between 18...
The restructuring of the European Legal Order is a very complex task, which cannot be carried out...
In support of the Council of Europe, it would be important to have a consultative body composed...
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