On May 9, Europe Day, Europeans wonder about their future
European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
(Photo dated May 24, 2019).
© FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP
By: Daniel Desesquelle
3 min
May 9 is traditionally the feast day of Europe, where we celebrate the Schuman declaration of May 9, 1950, which marks the start of European construction.
But, this May 9, 2021 is more ambitious ... Europe is today embarking on direct democracy with the official and solemn establishment of the "Conference on the future of Europe", an ambitious project since 'it is neither more nor less to reconnect disillusioned citizens to the European project.
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The bet, imagined by Emmanuel Macron, of a regeneration of Europe through consultation with Europeans, is far from won.
Symbolically, the launch takes place in Strasbourg at the European Parliament.
Concretely, citizens will be able to express themselves through meetings, but also through a
pan-European digital platform
which will instantly translate each other's contributions into the 24 languages spoken in the Union.
What Europe tomorrow?
What Europe do we want for our children?
The debate has been launched and the answers and avenues for reflection are expected in the first half of 2022.
- The site of the Conference on the future of Europe.
With:
- Thierry Chopin, political scientist and professor of political science at the
Catholic University of Lille
.
Deputy director of the
ESPOL Lab
center
.
More info: here
- Ulrike Guerot, Director of the Department of European Policy at the
University of the Danube in Krems
, Austria.
Founder of
“European Democracy Lab”.
Online from
Berlin
.
More info: here
- Sandro Gozi,
Renaissance / Renew
MEP
,
Secretary General of
the European Democratic Party,
former Italian Minister for European Affairs.
His Twitter account: here
.
- Lukas Macek,
director of the
Sciences Po
campus
in Dijon,
associate researcher at the
Jacques Delors Institute.
More info: here
- Marie Caillaud, president of the
Young Europeans
.
More info: here
.
With
Sasha Mitchell
of
Courrier International
.
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