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Brussels Elections Countdown: All EU Mobile Citizens Need to Know
With only one month left to register to vote in the Brussels local elections, we would like to take the opportunity to remind all EU mobile citizens residing in how and why they should vote in October 2018. Under the…
ECAS Welcomes Council’s Approval to Revise Current Social Security Systems
ECAS is pleased that the Council of the EU has confirmed its general approach on the coordination of current social security systems. This new coordination will aim at revising regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 in order to harmonize social security systems…
AFCO Committee Approves Proposed ECI Reform
Yesterday the Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) Committee approved the proposal for the revision of the ECI, but rejected an important amendment on the European Parliament’s commitment in the follow-up process. This caused disappointed reactions from a network of 71 civil society…
UK and EU Citizens Still Struggle to Obtain Residence Documents in France
Acquiring temporary and permanent residence documents is still a burdensome matter, and a serious obstacle to free movement rights, especially for UK nationals. In France there is no requirement for EU nationals to register for a residence card. French law…
European Civic Days 2018: Citizenship – Participation – Policies: Building Europe from Grassroots Up!
On 29 and 30 May the annual European Civic Days conference entitled "Citizenship – Participation – Policies: Building Europe from Grassroots Up!" took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event was hosted by the Citizen Participation Forum, under the patronage of the Bulgarian Presidency of…
A New Communication on the Citizenship Directive is Needed
Following the ECJ case law of 5 June 2018 ruling the recognition of residence rights for same-sex spouses living in the EU, ECAS encourages the Commission to take this case law into account and promptly issue an up-to-date Communication on…
Open Letter: European Parliament, Make the ECI work!
On 20 June, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will cast a vote of crucial importance for the future of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). With this open letter signed by ECAS and 64 co-signatories (15 ECIs…
FAIREU Project: Open Call for Legal Experts
As part of the FAIR EU project, the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) is currently looking for 6 legal experts in the field of free movement and political rights based in the following countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and…
ECAS’ Brexit Takeaways Continue to Feature in Media Outlets
Last week, ECAS featured in the UK Business Insider, quoting information on free movement rights extracted from our 2017 study '5 Takeaways on Brexit'. The infographic reporting citizens' rights in EU relations (designed by Margherita Gagliardi), originally featured in Europe…
Civil Society Days 2018: More E-Tools To Increase Civic Engagement
On 24 and 25 May the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted Civil Society Days 2018: Citizenship, Democracy and Culture in Digitalised Europe, which saw the participation of over 220 civil society organisations and citizens from across Europe. ECAS and Volonteurope hosted one of…