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For a clarity mechanism on the right to self-determination
For a clarity mechanism on the right to self-determination
Avatar: %{name} Jaume Bardolet 16/02/2022 16:53
The EU's main strength is its historical legitimacy, its ability to overcome internal conflicts...
We need a common European language
Avatar: %{name} Christian Ciavatta 19/04/2021 13:37
This Fragmentation affects the ability of European citizens to fulfil each other, talk to each...
Stronger together: A democratic European Federation
Stronger together: A democratic European Federation
Avatar: %{name} Leonie Martin 19/04/2021 15:54
European integration originated on a continent ruined by World War II to bring peace, prosperity...
Directly elect the President of the European Union
Directly elect the President of the European Union
Avatar: %{name} Ermanno Russo 19/04/2021 13:50
The recent "sofagate" is just the last example of the weakness of European institutions on the...
Better language skills - better democracy. English _and_ Esperanto!
Better language skills - better democracy. English _and_ Esperanto!
Avatar: %{name} Louis v. Wunsch-Rolshoven 05/07/2021 09:50
Learning English requires a great deal of time. Speakers of Romance and Slavic languages are at a...
Truly European Elections: Transnational EU-wide electoral lists
Avatar: %{name} Leonie Martin 19/04/2021 13:51
The European Elections are currently separate national elections in 27 member states, with...
European democracy begins with a common language: Esperanto.
European democracy begins with a common language: Esperanto.
Avatar: %{name} Blandine CATTIER 04/05/2021 15:34
European democracy begins with a common language: Esperanto. English is a useful language for...
Abolish the Council Veto! (Petition to the Conference’s Representatives)
Avatar: %{name} Maia Mazurkiewicz 20/01/2022 14:06
No single national government of the European Union should be able to dictate its will to other...
Abolish the Council of the European Union
Abolish the Council of the European Union
Avatar: %{name} Jeroen Bollen 19/04/2021 14:35
EU legislation is created by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of...
A reform plan for a citizen-based European Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Hannah Gohlke 22/07/2021 18:47
We need new energy in Europe. New ideas, new ambitions and new rules to build a Europe based on a...
English as a second official language in all Member States
English as a second official language in all Member States
Avatar: %{name} Martin Karim 21/04/2021 10:53
A second official language in all EU Member States would be a good compromise between current...
Giving the European Parliament the right of legislative initiative
Avatar: %{name} Thomas LALAURIE 19/04/2021 13:40
Although the European Parliament now has important powers, it does not yet have a formal right of...
Right to vote from 16
Avatar: %{name} Paul Strobach 19/04/2021 13:51
There is no objective reason why EU citizens cannot vote in European elections from the age of...
Defend democracy in Central Europe
Avatar: %{name} Erik Boros 20/04/2021 14:50
I am a student from Hungary. As of 2021, I have now officially lived a larger part of my life in...
Common public discourse through EU-wide civic broadcasting and media portals
Avatar: %{name} Tom Berger 19/04/2021 18:16
Democracy can only take place within a framework characterised by a common public discourse....
A President of the Commission directly elected by direct universal suffrage
Avatar: %{name} Thomas LALAURIE 19/04/2021 13:31
Elections, whether presidential or parliamentary, are at the heart of the democratic process of...
A more democratic & effective EU: Stronger European Parliament
A more democratic & effective EU: Stronger European Parliament
Avatar: %{name} Leonie Martin 19/04/2021 16:02
Despite being the most democratic EU institution, the European Parliament (EP) cannot propose any...
A language for Europe — A language for EU
Avatar: %{name} Alexandre Clo. 20/04/2021 21:55
FR_EN Europe needs: A SINGLE LANGUAGE: to communicate between Europeans, for trade and policy. An...
Democratic decision making: Majority instead of unanimity decisions
Avatar: %{name} Felix Strahl 19/04/2021 20:03
As a democratic union of democratic states the European Union should make its decisions in a...
Economic democracy
Avatar: %{name} ETUC European Trade Union Confederation 20/05/2021 01:48
It is necessary to strengthen democracy in the economy and society, including by recognising and...
There can be no real European democracy without an autonomous fiscal power of the EU.
There can be no real European democracy without an autonomous fiscal power of the EU.
Avatar: %{name} Movimento Federalista Europeo MFE 12/05/2021 18:00
Historically, the creation of fiscal power coincided with the founding act of a political...
Better decision-making for a fairer Europe
Avatar: %{name} ETUC European Trade Union Confederation 20/05/2021 01:46
Need to ensure improvements to the European Union's decision-making processes with a view to...
Language as a mean to communication: Institutionalise a second language to be learned in all EU Member States
Avatar: %{name} Barbara Polak-Labit 19/04/2021 18:26
Additionally to fostering European diversity through multilingualism, a realistic mean of...
A more united europe
Avatar: %{name} Aggelos Tzitziras 19/04/2021 13:44
I believe that we need a more united Europe, that can end itself from third countries that don ‘t...
Social Progress Protocol
Avatar: %{name} ETUC European Trade Union Confederation 20/05/2021 01:43
Social Progress Protocol to guarantee that workers’, trade union rights and social rights take...
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...
For a single and elected President of the EU
Avatar: %{name} Mathéo HOSY 19/04/2021 14:05
The functioning of the EU is first and foremost quite complex, but it suffers from a problem of...
For a true European democracy: abolish the right of veto and give direct powers to the European Parliament in taxation and foreign policy
For a true European democracy: abolish the right of veto and give direct powers to the European Parliament in taxation and foreign policy
Avatar: %{name} Movimento Federalista Europeo MFE 29/05/2021 09:45
The right of veto is not compatible with democracy. The replacement of unanimity by qualified...
A more democratic European Commission: Lead candidates (Spitzenkandidaten)
A more democratic European Commission: Lead candidates (Spitzenkandidaten)
Avatar: %{name} Michał RYBACKI 19/04/2021 16:18
Currently, a candidate for European Commission’s President is nominated by the European Council...
The United States of Europe
Avatar: %{name} Miguel Atanet 17/06/2021 19:52
Rescuing the ideas of Ortega y Gasset and Victor Hugo. It is a question of transforming the...
Evolution: Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Georg Götz 19/04/2021 14:23
Parliamentarism is not a modern democracy! The form of government we learned ‘democratically’ is...
For a true European democracy: Abolish the right of veto and assign direct powers to the European Parliament in taxation and foreign policy
For a true European democracy: Abolish the right of veto and assign direct powers to the European Parliament in taxation and foreign policy
Avatar: %{name} Union of European Federalists - UEF Secretariat 28/05/2021 10:52
Democracy is not compatible with the right of veto. Replacing unanimity with qualified majority...
Reform of EU elections and injunctions
Avatar: %{name} P. L. 19/04/2021 14:06
Claims: — European, uniform electoral law for the election of the European Parliament — European,...
Magna Carta Libertatum – Write EU Constitution!
Avatar: %{name} Juha Rannisto 22/10/2021 15:41
The EU should organize a writing competition for the future EU Constitution (in every 20 years).
...
Transforming the Council into a Second Chamber
Avatar: %{name} Felix Strahl 19/04/2021 15:12
I propose that the legislativ process should go through a similar institutional layout like in...
For a true European democracy: There can be no true European democracy without an autonomous EU fiscal power
For a true European democracy: There can be no true European democracy without an autonomous EU fiscal power
Avatar: %{name} Union of European Federalists - UEF Secretariat 04/06/2021 16:52
Historically, the creation of fiscal power has coincided with the founding act of a political...
Eliminate unanimity for most Council decisions
Avatar: %{name} Rafael LOPEZ JUAREZ 19/04/2021 18:59
Eliminate unanimity for Council decisions that do not concern the admission of new members, loss...
Husband English the official procedural language
Avatar: %{name} Joel Lovén 19/04/2021 17:08
A political union does not operate well without a common language. Currently it is causing a...
Removing the barrier to political involvement for non-nationals in EU Member States
Avatar: %{name} Barbara Polak-Labit 19/04/2021 14:41
The EU provides for its citizens to be resident in any of its Member States in reality however...
Finally adopt a statute for European associations!
Finally adopt a statute for European associations!
Avatar: %{name} We are Europe 14/06/2021 21:50
Our demand is to create a statute for European associations. To date, associations can only be...
Democracy starts at home: Let Europeans vote on the EU
Democracy starts at home: Let Europeans vote on the EU
Avatar: %{name} Erik Schrama 24/04/2021 13:07
The EU claims to stand for democracy and human rights. News eless, the EU is a political project...
Abolition of the European Council
Avatar: %{name} Yves Bruggeman 19/04/2021 16:48
Let us make the EU a fully-fledged democracy. In a classic three powers of democracy...
For a federal Europe
Avatar: %{name} gérard PERRET 19/04/2021 16:19
The EU’s goal of an ever closer union of the peoples of Europe logically leads to the...
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...
Goodbye to Strasbourg
Avatar: %{name} Niels de graaff 19/04/2021 18:56
The regular move to and from Strasbourg should be cancelled. The current process is good from a...
Fixing European Government
Avatar: %{name} Matija Brown 25/05/2021 13:09
The European government is not well respected.
They are undemocratic and confusing.
This needs to...
The addition of Citizens’ Assemblies/Conventions into the EU legislative process
Avatar: %{name} Dorian Wigand 10/05/2021 15:47
For a couple of years now, citizen’s assemblies have been gaining interest in countries all...
Highly developed platform for collecting and managing citizens’ ideas
Avatar: %{name} Luc Maltier 20/04/2021 11:04
On the same principle as this platform, create a permanent platform: * to look at the ideas...
Enhancing the European Focus of European Elections with Transnational Campaign Platform Requirement
Avatar: %{name} Klaus Feldmann 19/04/2021 16:30
Elections for European Parliament lack focus on Europe. They are run nationally, by national...
Truly European Elections: a true reform of the EU Electoral Act
Truly European Elections: a true reform of the EU Electoral Act
Avatar: %{name} Louis Drounau 03/05/2021 12:37
EU elections are currently 27 separate national elections, with limited possibility to vote on...
Call on the European Union to encourage all countries to include the teaching of hope in school curricula from primary level
Call on the European Union to encourage all countries to include the teaching of hope in school curricula from primary level
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Dieumegard 25/05/2021 16:37
The official objective of the European Union since 2002 is to “teach at least two foreign...
Democratically legitimised ‘EU government’ instead of European Council
Avatar: %{name} Marcel Andre Vogt 21/04/2021 18:02
The main decisions are taken by the European Council, an institution lacking democratic...
Direct election of the president of the European Commission
Avatar: %{name} Jose Cruset 19/04/2021 17:01
In order to protect democracy the president of the European Commission should be voted by the...
EU citizens Voting Rights
EU citizens Voting Rights
Avatar: %{name} Alejandro Jesus Zaccaro 19/04/2021 14:39
EU citizens living in other EU country need to vote rights in all elections as a national of that...
9 May as public holiday & European Elections Day
Avatar: %{name} Benjamin FEYEN 19/04/2021 13:45
Let us make Europe Day (9 May) the EU-wide public holiday and hold European elections every five...
Towards the United States of Europe
Towards the United States of Europe
Avatar: %{name} Hans-Joachim Gericke 19/04/2021 15:31
In particular, given the international importance of Europe, I believe that further communisation...
New hope for Europe!
New hope for Europe!
Avatar: %{name} Gerolf Annemans 31/07/2021 14:13
The future of Europe cannot be debated meaningfully without questioning the future of the...
Reduction of administrative EU languages from 24 to 2 languages at a max
Avatar: %{name} Georg Hennemann 15/07/2021 14:56
Nominally the 24 EU official languages have equal status and every citizen is allowed to use the...
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...
Allow EU expats to vote in the country they live in
Allow EU expats to vote in the country they live in
Avatar: %{name} OMAR BELINGHERI 19/04/2021 19:03
European citizens living in another EU member state should be able to vote for elections in the...
United States of Europe
United States of Europe
Avatar: %{name} Emanuele Scattarreggia 19/04/2021 15:44
As a European citizen, I see the need for our Union to evolve into a federation of Member States,...
European Federation
Avatar: %{name} Jean Deconick 19/04/2021 21:06
The union should be transformed into a federation. As model we can use mix of Germany and Russia....
PARLAMENTUM: Parliamentary Democracy as Model and New Bauhaus of European Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Maarten Vermeir 11/11/2021 18:33
The Erasmus Project launched throughout the articles 'The Erasmus Project: a Framework for...
Inform policies of the existence and qualities of the Esperanto international language
Avatar: %{name} Marcelle PROVOST 25/05/2021 20:15
Hope is an easy and regular language. It is a tool that can be very useful to facilitate the...
The European budget is worth a democratic debate
Avatar: %{name} catherine vieilledent 15/08/2021 14:04
Since the 1980s (‘I want my money back’), the EU has had a very small budget (about 1 % of the...
Global unicracy
Avatar: %{name} Pacifistische Zalm 03/03/2022 04:32
The current system of division blocks solutions. We need to work together globally as equals...
European-wide Statehood/Independence Days
European-wide Statehood/Independence Days
Avatar: %{name} Marko SILIC 19/04/2021 14:02
Background:
There is a lack of cohesion regarding the inner-EU solidarity and mutual member...
Force Use and Force Onu2.0
Force Use and Force Onu2.0
Avatar: %{name} Giuseppe Catania 24/03/2022 11:42
We are in the period of social/technological singularity (all interconnected and in rapid...
Small Hungarian veto story: Orbán has never assisted the friends of a restorative dictator
Small Hungarian veto story: Orbán has never assisted the friends of a restorative dictator
Avatar: %{name} Account deleted by user
18.05.2021 Hungarian veto threats and veto threats already have a long tradition. In recent...
What the Outcome of the Citizens Consultation?
What the Outcome of the Citizens Consultation?
Avatar: %{name} Simona Bonfante 19/04/2021 21:48
The outcome of the citizens consultation held on this platform is non stated. What it will be...
Raising awareness of a European people through a citizen-building process
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Calame 02/08/2021 08:50
The European construction was based on the unification of the market, a remedy after the...
Europäisches Vereinsstatut
Europäisches Vereinsstatut
Avatar: %{name} Gerald-Christian Heintges 20/04/2021 20:39
Für eine Stärkung der europäischen Zivilgesellschaft ist es unbedingt erforderlich, daß sich die...
EU Taxonomie - nogreenwashing
EU Taxonomie - nogreenwashing
Avatar: %{name} Thorsten 10/02/2022 18:40
An EU taxonomy regulation against greenwashing is a good idea to promote better assessments of...
Introducing a time limit for unanimous consensus before using qualified majority to enable (faster) conclusion of more difficult reforms
Avatar: %{name} Barbara Polak-Labit 19/04/2021 15:02
Many important reforms still require unanimity, often leading to blockages at the expense of a...
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...
Delete the European Council/Remove the European Council
Avatar: %{name} Gaël Pelletier 19/04/2021 15:26
The double Commission/European Council is a waste of energy and, above all, of public money. This...
Principle pariarchate man * Ms
Avatar: %{name} Anton Edler 12/05/2021 10:34
‘The revolution is dead, it lives the pariarchate’ (free to F. Nietzsche). I believe that the...
Direct election of the President of the Commission
Avatar: %{name} Jose Cruset 19/04/2021 14:29
The President of the Commission is currently not directly elected by Europeans, which should be...
Part 0, Introduction to the Reform Considerations on the Institutions of the European Union “Checks and balances”
Avatar: %{name} Jörg Warneke 16/08/2021 17:56
There are currently democratic deficits in the EU. There is also a lack of checks and balances of...
‘Allow EU Citizens to direct vote for more decisions’
‘Allow EU Citizens to direct vote for more decisions’
Avatar: %{name} Johannes Fors 22/04/2021 09:37
Call EU citizens feel powerless about the decisions made in parliament. We can only vote every 5...
Common European Dialect of English
Avatar: %{name} Max Ernst 28/04/2021 19:31
A lot of people are in favour of making an official EU language, but there are many good...
How we could get to a European state
Avatar: %{name} Benedikt Kuhn 01/10/2021 21:30
My dream for Europe is a kind of state based on a German or American model: a Constitution for...
Run General Elections in Member States Concurrently
Avatar: %{name} Allan Deering 19/04/2021 14:18
The composition of both the The European Council and the The Council of the EU are determined by...
Transforming the Commission into a government with a Prime Minister
Avatar: %{name} Mattia Galante 19/04/2021 15:53
Words are important. Unfortunately, the term “European Commissioner” does not suggest that the...
The future of European democracy — The contribution of regions
Avatar: %{name} Simon Lenhart 19/04/2021 13:12
EU legislation has a strong impact on Member States. This is not a new finding, on the contrary....
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...
Strengthen the powers of the EP but leave the right of legislative initiative to the European Commission
Avatar: %{name} Isabelle Sterling 24/10/2021 16:10
Since the election of the EP by universal suffrage, the question of giving the European...
For a public European Broadcast Channel to communicate European news and policies
For a public European Broadcast Channel to communicate European news and policies
Avatar: %{name} Benoît Michau 21/04/2021 07:22
It is critical that EU funds a European Broadcast Channel to communicate on EU-wide news (EU...
The absurdity of the lack of a common European interest
Avatar: %{name} Account deleted by user
There is no such thing as a common European interest.
Since its inception the Union has been a...
Better information for citizens on European democracy
Better information for citizens on European democracy
Avatar: %{name} Vincent Baissat-Szlingier 19/04/2021 14:48
One of the biggest weaknesses in the EU is the lack of information on its action. A number of...
Creation of a European Senate
Creation of a European Senate
Avatar: %{name} Rémi Grimard 19/04/2021 17:18
The ratification of European decisions by the parliaments of the Member States prevents quick...
Integrating Conscription in the EU
Avatar: %{name} Marlies Isani 10/05/2021 02:44
The idea is that we need an integrating form of conscription, which:
a) includes both women and...
End with extortion and braking — end with the possibility to veto!
End with extortion and braking — end with the possibility to veto!
Avatar: %{name} Wolfgang Obermüller 22/04/2021 00:53
Europe is not able to act, at least much too much if unanimity is absolutely necessary for...
Reforming how the EU Commission, Council and Parliament is elected
Avatar: %{name} Aziz Tasar 14/05/2021 22:09
1.The Parliament should be served through a wide list, since the Positons of Political Groups...
Europe needs a Constituent Assembly
Avatar: %{name} Klaus Feldmann 16/05/2021 09:25
This theme “Democracy in Europe” contains a wealth of proposals, all of which concern the...
A real budget for Europe: No taxation without representation, no representation without taxation
Avatar: %{name} catherine vieilledent 15/08/2021 14:28
For the first time, the EU decided on a massive recovery plan of EUR 750 billion to invest in...
Soveranity its democracy
Avatar: %{name} Blocked user 27/04/2021 15:16
Europe has very different kind of people, ideas etc, that's why we need to give more soveranity...
Distribution of seats in Parliament by head count of citizens
Avatar: %{name} Rainer FASSNACHT 22/04/2021 14:58
The distribution of seats is currently based on the so-called “degressive proportionality”,...
Moving forward, or engaging.
Avatar: %{name} Xian Garcia 20/04/2021 10:47
— European democracies face a well-known threat: The extreme right. Their appearance is natural...
Europeans, let’s federate!
Europeans, let’s federate!
Avatar: %{name} Michel Caillouët 20/04/2021 08:44
Friends of Europe, let us federate! The challenges of 2021 and beyond: European federalism more...
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