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Digital Tools, E-voting and a Changing Democracy: Report from Digital Democracy Day 2019
Digital tools are changing democracy as we know it, bringing along new opportunities, advances and challenges. Online platforms and e-voting practices have given access to the political world where it was lacking before, allowing citizens to be better informed and…
Forgotten Societies and the Rise of Populism Across Europe
Study on “Societies Outside Metropolises: The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Facing Populism”, commissioned by the European Economic and Social Committee and executed by ECAS, looks to better understand the factors influencing citizens' choices in favour of populism in non-metropolitan areas…
EU Rights in the Spotlight – from December 2018 to February 2019
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features two ECJ judgments affecting access to family benefits by EU mobile citizens, freedom, security and justice. Under EU law, it is not necessary that a person is employed in a Member…
Workshop on Fostering Awareness, Inclusion and Recognition of EU Mobile Citizens’ Political Rights
The political participation of mobile EU citizens remains limited due to obstacles they face and low political awareness. Their involvement could, however, be enhanced if the obstacles were tackled and concrete facilitating measures were introduced. That was the conclusion of…
Webinar on helping EU mobile citizens exercise their political rights
More than a third of Brussels' inhabitants are foreigners with voting rights in their local elections. But despite many of them working within the EU institutions at the heart of the Continent's democracy, Belgium has close to the lowest voter…
#EUTakeTheInitiative | Join us in Vienna, Austria on 13 December 2018 for a full-day conference on the European Citizens’ Initiative and its reform
The #EUTakeTheInitiative Roadshow is heading to Vienna for its final event of the year! On this occasion we are organising a full-day interactive conference on the European Citizens’ Initiative and its reform. We hope to meet many of you interested…
ECAS’ Executive Director at the 2018 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights
On 26 and 27 November, ECAS’ Executive Director, Assya Kavrakova took part in the 2018 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights: Democracy in the EU. The event brought together national and EU policymakers, international organisations, civil society organisations, media and social media representatives, academics…
Citizens enquire about their passenger rights on Your Europe Advice Facebook chat
On 20 November, legal experts from the Your Europe Advice service, took part in a Facebook chat on passenger rights in the EU. Last week's chat on passenger rights reached over 100.000 users, as experts from Your Europe Advice replied to a…
EU Rights in the Spotlight – from September to November 2018
This EU Rights in the Spotlight section features three ECJ judgments affecting access to social security for posted workers, personal data and Brexit negotiations. A posted worker is covered by the social security system of his place of work if…
Your Europe Advice Annual Training Seminar 2018
This year the YEA Training Seminar took place on 15 and 16 November in Brussels at the European Commission. Around 60 legal experts from all EU Member States attended the training, during which they were informed of the latest developments…