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.
Do you have a strong opinion on youth participation and engagement in civic spaces and firmly believe in the importance of inclusive education? Don’t miss the chance to speak up at our GenD talks!
Nós, a Assembleia Transnacional do Porto, somos pessoas que se estão a juntar no seguimento de 20 assembleias locais de todos os cantos da Europa. Reconhecemos a urgência de agir para Democratizar, Descolonizar e Descarbonizar as nossas sociedades para alcançar a justiça ecológica, económica e social. Não pode haver justiça ecossocial sem justiça climática e uma transformação do nosso modelo económico. Todos, de onde quer que venham, devem ter os meios e os agentes para ter, exercer e ampliar os seus direitos.
The Conference on the Future of Europe has ended, but the hard work has only just begun. A significant number of the 49 Conference proposals require treaty change to be fully implemented and in order to do justice to these proposals, the European Parliament is currently preparing an official proposal for amendment of the treaties, calling for a Convention to be convened. We outline four key ingredients for a successful EU Convention.
2022
May 11th
Bringing local voices to Strasbourg – The CoFoE in Porto and the experience of the Portuguese National Assembly
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.