Publications

Lors de sa campagne pour sa réélection, le Président de la République française, Emmanuel Macron, s’est engagé à ouvrir le débat public sur le suicide assisté et l’euthanasie. Depuis des années, la tension monte entre un nombre croissant de citoyens français en faveur d’un...

Agenda-setting is a vital aspect of democra-cies. Which items make it to the agenda? What ideas have a chance to become law? No matter whether it is a question of environmental pro-tection, public services or civil rights: Agenda initiatives enable citizens to participate in...

In recent years, Citizens Assemblies have spread rapidly throughout Europe. A group of randomly selected citizens deliberatively develops concrete political recommendations. This basic concept of a Citizens Assembly was innovated in Brussels. In 2019, the Brussels Regional...

Following up on the final report on the Conference on the Future of Europe and its recommendations on a permanent European Citizens’ Assembly or Panel, this conference discussed the following questions:

• What are the lessons learned from the Conference on the Future of...

The recently concluded Conference of the Future of Europe demanded more opportunities for citizen participation. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised to deliver on this. Brussels wants to be closer to its citizens. To support this push for more...

Four out of five European citizens want to have a bigger say in EU policymaking. Already now, they can participate in the European Union through elections, citizens’ initiatives, consultations, petitions, dialogues, and the Ombudsman. But how well do these participation...

Dans le cadre du projet commun From local to European, le Comité européen des régions (CdR), la Fondation Bertelsmann et 23 projets de coopération organisés dans 67 villes et régions européennes ont réalisé 38 dialogues citoyens en collaboration avec 200 responsables...

In the “From local to European” joint project, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Bertelsmann Stiftung – together with 23 cooperation projects from 67 European cities and regions – conducted Citizens’ Dialogues with around 200 politicians. The evaluation report...

This report by the High Level Advisory Group of the Conference Observatory analyses the proceedings of the Conference on the Future of Europe in depth, offers recommendations on how to make the Conference a success, and sketches out different avenues towards a sustained...

On 21 May 2021, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the King Baudouin Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, organised an online dialogue called: The Digital Way to EU Citizen Participation:

The Conference on the Future of Europe and beyond.

The three...