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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…
EU Rights in the Spotlight – May 2018
The EU Rights in the Spotlight section for this month features two ECJ judgments and an opinion affecting requests for family reunification, enhanced protection against expulsion of EU citizens and the right to entry and residence of non-EU partners when…
ECAS Signs Letter to EU Leaders to Encourage EU Mobile Citizens to Vote in Local Elections
Yesterday, ECAS and the Migration Policy Group (MPG) have jointly submitted a letter to EU leaders Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker, Luca Jahier, Antonio Tajani, and Karl-Heinz Lambertz encouraging them to help raise awareness of the municipal elections in October 2018, and encourage…
Citizens Panel Forms First Online Public Consultation
For the first time in EU history a group of European citizens from 27 Member States were invited to form the European Citizens' Panel on the Future of Europe. The purpose of this panel was to co-create an online public…
ECAS Advocates for More Transparency of EU Trilogues at the Advocate Europe Challenge Camp
ECAS presented a project idea aimed at making EU Trilogues more transparent and accessible to citizens by encouraging civic engagement at the Idea Challenge Camp, held in Kyiv. Having been shortlisted out of 472 applicants, ECAS participated at the Advocate…
Press Release: Pension, entry and residence rights are key concerns in the 2017 Annual Trends Report
Topics related to social security rights continued to be the most problematic for EU citizens. Enquiries related to residence rights increased by 3.4% compared to 2016. These largely concerned non-EU family members who are still experiencing difficulties when moving to…