Press releases & Statements

In order for the Citizens’ Panels and the Conference as a whole to deliver meaningful change forward, instead of backward, the perspectives of those most affected - such as people with migration experiences - need to be at the very centre of the deliberative process, both as experts and as participants.

Does your civil society organisation want to co-sign this letter? Fill out this form by Wednesday, 19 January, 17:00 CET. The letter will be sent to the members of the Executive Board on Thursday morning, 20 January. 

How could citizens be involved constantly in the European Union’s decisions making beyond elections?

We, the Palermo Transnational Assembly - are people coming together following 20 local assemblies in all corners of Europe - acknowledge the mounting impacts climate change has on our lives and the biodiversity on our planet.

The Conference on the Conference of Europe promised to deliver on a grand vision for the European Union, and now it risks failing. The only body that can legitimately take action is the Conference Plenary, and it must decide to set the agenda and decide on outcomes for the Conference to succeed.

The oppression experienced by many marginalised communities, which lies at the root of many of Europe’s pressing social and political problems, should not be exacerbated in a free and democratic exercise overseen by EU leadership.

Tourists are flying into space and life on Mars seems a less distant possibility. Meanwhile Europeans are busy trying to create a buzz about our future here on earth.

Civil society organisations can co-sign this letter by filling out the following form. The deadline is Friday, 18th of June, 18:00 CEST. The letter will be sent to the members of the Executive Board on Saturday morning, 19th of June. 

Citizens and civil society have long waited for the Conference on the Future of Europe (hereafter: the Conference) to officially start, on Sunday, 9th May 2021, in Strasbourg. The EU institutions have promised us a Conference that should be a world-wide innovative exercise in democratic reform and citizen participation.

Right in time for the kick-off of the Conference on the Future of Europe, CTOE’s Working Group on “the constitutional question” released on May 8th the first report on their Europe-wide public consultation started at the beginning of 2021.