On 2 October, Europe’s World featured an article by ECAS’ Director Assya Kavrakova on democracy in the digital age and the potential role digital technologies can play in enhancing citizen participation and […]
In a speech in Florence on September 22, UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave her strongest assurances yet that citizens’ rights would be secured after Brexit, but her words are […]
On 18-20 September, the ACT for Free Movement training series kicked off in Warsaw, with 17 free movement activists from across Europe joining the European Alternatives, ECAS and Krytyka Polityczna […]
The EU Rights in the Spotlight section for this month features two rulings affecting the right of air crew members to bring disputes on employment contracts before the courts of […]
Following a State of the Union address that placed democracy at the heart of the EU’s agenda, on 13 September 2017 the Commission published a promising reform proposal to improve […]
On 13 September, ECAS’ response to President Juncker’s State of the Union address featured in EU Observer, setting out the need for a ‘citizen scenario’ for the future of Europe. […]
Last week, following the end of the third round of Brexit talks, a UK government document was leaked to the Guardian, revealing UK plans to end free movement of people […]
We are pleased to announce the winners of our DEEP-linking Youth digital competition, who will be invited to our 2017 Digital Democracy Day on October 17 to showcase their entries. There were […]
The European Commission’s Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) platform has called on the Commission to look into harmonising ID and travel documents to facilitate free movement and tackle problems faced […]
In response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), ECAS made the following recommendations: Citizens’ initiatives should also foster transnational debates between both like-mind and different-minded […]
Read the ECI Watch here.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 26 July that the agreement between the EU and Canada on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data “may not be […]