On 1 July Germany takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. The Conference on the Future of Europe is on the agenda for its six-month term. While the EU institutions have not yet found an agreement on how it should be conducted, Citizens Take Over Europe proposes that citizens should be involved in the process from the outset.
On 9 May, Europe Day, the Citizens Take Over Europe alliance launches its Assembly, a citizens’ conversation on the future of Europe. The Assembly is necessary because civil society has been sidelined from the Conference on the Future of Europe promoted by the European Union, explain the representatives of the initiative, Marta Cillero, Michele Fiorillo and Martin Pairet.
Three decades after the event that marked the end of communist regimes in Europe, Guillaume Klossa and Roberto Saviano, co-founders of the Civico Europa citizens’ platform, invite Europeans to build together a positive vision of their common future.
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