To kick off our new ECAS Highlight of the Week section, we are bringing into focus an article published on the Friends of Europe website. ECAS Executive Director Assya Kavrakova […]
The power of populism lays in its complexity, as the factors behind its rise differ not only from country to country, but also within countries themselves, across social class, economic […]
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings regarding the Freedom of Movement: April 2nd 2020: Freedom of Movement of Persons On April 2nd […]
In 2019, Your Europe Advice (YEA) legal experts replied to 28,034 enquries recevied from EU citizens and businesses. The amount represents a 46% increase compared to the previous year, with ‘Social […]
ECAS’s work in EU Rights and European Democracy takes a comprehensive approach, aiming to both tackle challenges faced by European citizens when exercising their EU rights and to empower them […]
ECI Day 2020 – what will the future hold for the European Citizens’ Initiative?
By Maarten de Groot and Christian Huesmann, project managers in the Future of Democracy Programme of the Bertelsmann Stiftung; Maarten was a moderator of the morning session of ECI Day […]
The European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ aims to accomplish exactly what its name states – to end the practice of farming animals in cages across the European Union […]
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings regarding the Freedom of Movement: February 4th 2020: Freedom of Movement – Workers’ Rights National legislation […]
Following the high voter turn-out in the 2019 European elections, there have been intensifying efforts for better citizen engagement in the EU decision-making process. The European Commission (EC) has proposed […]
With intensifying calls for European Union (EU) reforms, there is a strong need for coordinated efforts and more synergies between all European stakeholders (institutions, civil society organisations, citizens, businesses and […]
A flexible timeline, straightforward signature collection, simplified registration and a new, user -friendly forum, are among the major improvements of the European Citizen’s Initiative introduced in 2020 and featured in […]
Following a period of reflection in order to re-evaluate and improve its training services, ECAS is excited to welcome its new Citizens’ Rights Training Coordinator, David Garcia-Falaux. With extensive knowledge […]