The conference on the future of Europe
facing challenges from citizen’s perspectives
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2022.9.179-187Keywords:
Conference of the Future of Europe, European identity, Democracy, EU reform, integration processAbstract
The article examines the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), discussing the process that combines bottom-up participatory features and top-down elite decision-making mechanisms and questioning whether the CoFoE has set a new model of citizens’ participation in Europe. Starting with an analysis of the architecture of the Conference, this article will first highlight its participatory tools; in a second step, it will briefly present the proposals presented to the leaders of European politics. Hence it will focus on some critical remarks. In the conclusion, the article draws some critical conclusions regarding the actual outcomes.
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