Citizens need to participate, too

This article discusses how to get over the disengagement of EU citizens from the Union. It concludes: Europe can demonstrate that it is possible to further develop democracy to meet the challenges of 21st century global policy challenges. This is possible only by seriously giving citizens a voice across borders and finding ways to feed the results into policymaking.

Notre Europe: Tribune, 9.10.07: France's EU policy elite still ponders consulting the voters http://www.notre-europe.eu/en/editorials/publication/frances-eu-policy-elite-still-ponders-consulting-the-voters/

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