ECAS Highlight of the Week – Upgrading EU citizenship for better citizen participation
We do not give it much thought, but citizenship has a huge influence on our lives. It goes beyond owning…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Design, Engage, Impact: The European Citizens’ Initiative 2.0 driving citizen engagement in the EU
Authors: Assya Kavrakova, ECAS Executive Director; Flavio Grazian, ECAS Participatory Democracy Manager This article was originally published on the European Citizens'…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – A Story of Freedom of Movement
“Open the barrier!” ordered border guard Harald Jäger on the evening of November 9th, 1989. What followed these three words…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – ‘Walking the Walk’ in Upholding EU Rule of Law
This week, all eyes were on the United States, awaiting the results of the presidential elections that, depending on the…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Status Check: EU Citizenship
Since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force with the European Union (EU) Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, more…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Guaranteeing the ‘free’ in EU freedom of movement
Though a worn-out phrase, it bears repeating - we tend to take for granted the very things that are most…
ECAS Highlight of the Week – Upgrading EU citizen participation to the digital era: ECAS position on the Conference on the Future of Europe
The Conference on the Future of Europe was the “buzz word” in Brussels at the beginning of the year, setting…
ECAS Highlight of the Week: Next on the Agenda: Empowering Citizens
No Pause on Citizens' Rights and Democracy: Bringing the EU to the Regional Level October 5th will mark the 18th…
ECAS Highlight of the Week: The bigger the scope of citizen rights is, the stronger the democracy is. What can the EU do?
Freedom of movement is not so free when European citizenship legislation is not implemented correctly. The challenges that EU citizens…
State of the Union Address 2020: A Union of Vitality Can Only Emerge through Active European Citizenship
The European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) has been working for almost three decades to empower EU citizens in order to…