The Citizens’ Initiative - first set out in the Constitutional Treaty - should be enacted immediatley to open a new channel for democratic participation in Europe and help to create the public realm the EU badly needs. The Citizens' Initiative stipulates that a petition with at least one million signatures obtained from a number of

A proposal to eliminate Poverty at Grass-roots level.

Let's stop pussyfooting about and declare what the true intentions are for our future superstate, let's not wait for the legalities to be settled. For years the commission has been run like the old politburo, in secrecy and to its own agenda. Well, this has to stop. People have to understand the new realities, and calling a spade an

Vrijwilligerswerk speelt een rol in de Europese economische en sociale ontwikkeling. In de Europese Unie engageren zich meer dan 100 miljoen mensen in het vrijwilligerswerk, en een groot deel van de bevolking stelt dat vrijwilligerswerk een deel van het democratisch en sociaal leven in de Europese Unie vormt (Speciale Eurobarometer