Angela Merkel is not running again in the German elections. Three main candidates are competing to replace her. Despite their pro-European attitudes, European citizenship and voting rights are not mentioned…
The very much awaited Conference on the Future of Europe started on the same day European citizens celebrate Europe Day — 9 May. On this occasion, speeches were made to…
El pasado martes 4 fueron llamados a las urnas 5.1 millones de habitantes en Madrid. La participación fue del 76,5 pero 507.072 personas nacidas en un país miembro de la…
Our Foundation has singled out political rights as the one reform which is essential to give substance to EU citizenship. 14 million EU citizens have rights to vote in local…
Yesterday marked the final day of the general elections in the Netherlands. The right to vote is a central axis of our democracies, but in a lot of cases this…
Participative democracy grows inconsistent in Europe where administrative and political barriers are still faced by EU mobile citizens when exercising their right to vote. On Sunday 14/3, three states across…
On Thursday 4 February 2021, a hearing of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on the European Citizens’ Initiative took place. We presented our Initiative to the CoR.The European Union…
The upcoming regional elections in Catalonia that will choose the new Parliament will take place on February 14th, after the TSJC rejected delaying them until May, arguing their immediate necessity due to “intense public…
Portugal’s Presidential elections on Sunday, 24 January, saw three winners and one loser - the loser being the actual voters. Centre-right President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa — endorsed by the…
Download a PDF copy of the full report This year’s conference brought together around 280 civil society activists, researchers and policy makers to an online stage to discuss EU citizenship…
