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Citizens Take Over Europe emerged in the spring 2020 amidst the recent Covid-19 pandemia, in which we recognized how much the lack of European democracy is deeply affecting our lives.

Funding Democracy: A Conversation on Priorities for the EU Budget 15 May 2025 | 11:00–12:30 CET European Parliament, Room ASP 5G365 In an age of growing disillusionment and political polarization, the question “What is democracy worth?” feels more urgent than…
2025 May 8th

EUROPE DAY

This Europe Day, it is more important than ever to assert a democratic future for Europe. Across the continent, Citizens Take Over Europe members and friends are coming together to organise public events, assemblies, festivals and discussions — bringing citizens…
It is alarming in this context that the role of the European Parliament appears to be weaker and weaker in the discussion over Europe’s future direction, and political debate across the continent is taking place in national bubbles, but also without the national parliaments having a very important role in most cases.
Over a million people from across Europe have supported an initiative to ensure women have free access to abortion. The European Citizens Initiative ‘My Voice My Choice’ is now aiming to collect two hundred thousand more signatures, just to be…