After the financial crisis of 2008, Iceland launched an attempt to rewrite its constitution through a citizens-led participatory process.This project, widely praised internationally as the first “crowdsourced constitution”, involved ordinary citizens in drafting proposals for political reform. However, despite popular…
2026
May 11th
What if the most powerful tool for changing European Democracy is already in every classroom?
On April 27 2026, Citizens Take Over Europe joined approximately 250 history educators, teachers, and institutional partners at the 32nd EuroClio Annual Conference, History and Hope: Learning for Change, hosted in Brussels. The conference brought together participants from all over…
Poland is a democratic country that has a growing economy and no ethnic conflict, yet for over a decade, especially since 2005, when it started consolidating the two-party system, it has been slowly drifting apart. Two political forces, Law and…
“To activate the blocking statute we don’t need a European army, we don’t need military power, we don’t need geostrategical influence, or money, we just need political will.” This is what Marco Cappato, founder of Eumans, an organisation that is…
The 2026 parliamentary election in Hungary marks a turning point after 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. The victory of Péter Magyar and the Tisza movement, with an extraordinary turnout of around 78%, reflects strong citizen demand for democratic…
The next European multiannual budget is crucial for Europe’s future. At a moment when Europe’s democratic model is challenged from all sides, it is crucial that the way the budget is designed, the way it is allocated, the way it…