Voices for Healthy Oceans and Waters: A Citizen-Focused Dialogue. Between September 2023 and April 2024, we conducted group discussions on climate issues with 160 citizens from all over Europe to discuss about their views on 4 EU Missions, namely on: The third part of this series: “Voices for Healthy Oceans and Waters: A Citizen-Focused Dialogue”, is inspired by the EU mission Restore our ...

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We are excited to announce the launch of our new podcast series, Policy Voices: AI & Democracy! This six-part series delves into the most pressing issues at the intersection between AI and democracy, made ever more relevant in the biggest election year in human history, where half of the world’s population – some 3.7 billion

2024 Voices – Citizens Speak Up! The Europe we know today was designed in a postwar era for a vastly different reality. Mounting challenges and crises ranging from climate change to automation and economic downturns, digital threats, and the rapid spread of (mis)information, have brought societal concerns, confusion, and frustrations to a breaking point. Widening

investigates democratic challenges in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) and aims to propose new ways for the EU to assist political liberalisation and strengthen democracy in the region.

The European Parliament elections on 6-9 June 2024 will be an important election for young people, with many 16- and 17-year-olds (from 5 of the 27 EU countries) voting for the first time. On July 6th, Debating Europe, the citizens engagement and democracy unit of Friends of Europe, hosted a panel debate on how to engage

The question of what it means to be “European” comes up regularly on Debating Europe. In the past, we’ve debated whether a common European identity is possible, whether you feel European, and what EU citizenship means to you. These are all important questions, and your opinion on almost every topic we cover – from immigration, to Eurozone bailouts, to relations with

DENMARK/DANMARK – FRANCE – ITALY/ITALIA – GERMANY/DEUTSCHLAND – POLAND/POLSKA We’re continuing our work to redesign the roles and responsibilities citizens, governments and businesses have towards each other to make society fair and work well for all, known as the ‘social contract’. Over the next few months, with ‘Voices for Choices’ we’ll be running surveys and group ...