More than 13.7 million people live in one of the European Union Member States and hold citizenship of another European Union Member State. Usually, they have little to no involvement…
In a letter dated 4 May 1990, the President of the Spanish government, Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, proposed to add Union Citizenship to the negotiation of the Maastricht Treaty. For him,…
FOR A EUROPE OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE — Statement by the ECIT Foundation and Voters Without Borders — Everyone should have the right to vote and stand in free and fair…
In these national elections, Greek citizens living abroad will be able to cast their vote from their Member State of residence, and that, for the first time, ever. That is…
The Board met on 23 March and elected the following members. In particular we would like to welcome the four new Board Members marked with an asterisk (*) in the…
“European Citizenship Education: Forging our way ahead with high-priority” On 22 March at the European Parliament in Brussels, we organised the first meeting of the year of the Cross-Party Group…
The AFCO Committee held a hearing on the issue of EU participatory and deliberative democracy mechanisms on 25 January based on a study by Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of…
ECIT Foundation's Work Programme sets out our priorities for 2023 and the run-up to the European elections in 2024. The main item is the Statute on European Citizenship, building on…
About?A statute for more inclusive and outward-looking European citizenship (see programme here)When?Tuesday 29 November from 9.30 am to 6 pmWhere?At the Brussels Press Club (95 Rue Froissard, Brussels) and onlineWhy?This…
On 5 October, a new meeting of the Cross-Party Group of MEPs was held in Strasbourg, organised by the ECIT Foundation, initiator of the European Citizens' Initiative Voters Without Borders…