“How to Make MEPs Talk to Citizens?”
On April 15, 2014 JoiEU partner Open Estonia Foundation organized this month’s debate on civic participation in political life and the European elections.
Watch the Debate ReLive here:
What’s in it for me?
In a modern democracy, voting is only one of the many ways to participate in politics – it is equally important that citizens have a say in public decisions on a daily basis. Whereas the work
of national parliaments tends to be under our close scrutiny, we sometimes lose sight of
Members of the European Parliament once they’ve taken their cosy seats in Brussels and
Strasbourg. What could be done to make sure this doesn’t happen after the elections this May?
The debate on April 15 looked into the theory and practice of the European
Parliament’s work, presented cases and examples from different European countries and sought to
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