Press releases & Statements

Members of the Citizens Take Over Europe coalition have observed the ECP on food waste. We present the following critiques and recommended changes.

The ‘self-inflicted damage’ must prompt EU political leaders to use the integrity stress-test as a springboard for real reform.

The citizens participants of the Conference on the Future of Europe address an open letter to the European Council regarding the usage of their recommendations.

The citizens participants of the Conference on the Future of Europe address an open letter to the European Commission regarding the usage of their recommendations.

European citizens and civil society organisations expect the European Council, Commission and Parliament to match their words with actions for citizens to effectively participate in shaping the future of Europe: the crucial months of the Conference on the Future of Europe are ahead of us.

On 9 May 2022, the year-long Conference on the Future of Europe concluded and published its work. While the final report of the Conference provides an ambitious programme for Europe, the follow-up remains to be seen and implemented. 

In view of the upcoming European Council meeting of June 23rd/24th, 2022, which discusses the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, Citizens Take over Europe - a coalition of 60 European civil society organisations - calls for European democracy to take a quantum leap and empower European citizens.

On May 7, the Portuguese Closing Session for the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) was held at the Serralves Foundation in Porto. This ceremony, hosting the national Portuguese representatives of the CoFoE in Strasburg, the State Secretary for European Affairs and the Portuguese Prime Minister, marked a closing chapter of the efforts made for the Conference, giving an overview of what was done on the national level.

In order to ensure that the EU institutions walk the talk, it is essential that all possible instruments are used in order to follow up on the outcomes of the Conference on the Future of Europe. With this letter, we call on you to take the lead in your respective institutions to launch a Convention, and to do so in the most inclusive and participatory manner possible.

We recommend that the EU reopens the discussion about the constitution of Europe with a view to creating a constitution informed by the citizens of the EU. Citizens should be able to vote in the creation of such a constitution.