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April 2018
Technical Event on Electoral Practices at the European Commission
ECAS will be presenting the FAIR EU project at the European Commission on 25 and 26 April 2018. The presentation will take part of a session on fostering democratic participation and local activities to support mobile citizens and underrepresented groups. Stay tuned for more information!
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February 2019
Fostering Awareness, Inclusion and Recognition of EU Mobile Citizens’ Political Rights Workshop
The right to free movement is one of the most cherished rights of EU citizens. Together with the right to political participation they constitute the main building blocks of EU citizenship. In 2017, the European Union counted more than 16 million EU citizens who moved to another Member State to seek work, study or retire. Those mobile EU citizens have also political rights, such as right to participate in local and European elections. Yet, their involvement in the political life…
Find out more »May 2019
State of the Union Citizens’ Rights 2019: The Post-Election EU Citizenship Agenda
Brexit, the rise of populism and the challenges of online disinformation have all tugged at different citizens' rights, including those at the core of a European citizenship. Being a key election year, it is important to have a say on the course that the EU is set to take from here on out and on the impact it will have on citizens' lives. In light of this, on May 14th ECAS is organising the second annual State of the Union Citizens’…
Find out more »Conference on How to Include EU Mobile Citizens in the Political Life of their Welcoming Country
Local authorities and civil society organizations from all over Europe will gather in Caen, France on Wednesday 15th May (15:00 – 18:00) to discuss how to boost the political inclusion of EU mobile citizens, e.g. the more than 17 million European citizens who are living in another EU country. How to ensure their political integration in their host country? In other words, how to ensure that these citizens are interested in taking part in elections and are able to do it…
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