Citizens’ Agora on the future of Europe on 8-9 November 2007

On invitation of the EP, over 350 delegates from the European Civil Society attended 2 Plenary Sessions and 5 workshops to discuss different aspects of the new Reform Treaty. Topics of the workshops were: New topics and new solidarity; New rights; New tools; Geo-political role; Institutional compromise.

The workshops produced defined common positions linked to the upcoming Reform Treaty worked out by the Civil Society delegations on their own. The President of the Agora – MEP Gérard Onesta – concluded that these positions and recommendations would be seen by the European Parliament as a vital contribution to their discussions and positions on the Reform Treaty.

Henrik H. Kröner, EMI Secretary General, who moderated the first Plenary Session, highlighted the “remarkable and high-quality discussions, which we hope to learn from for future Agoras”.

Can this AGORA be viewed as a success? Only time will tell whether, as the Agora – as “a marketplace of different opinions” – is but another new tool of European participative democracy.

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Please click here if you wish to see some pictures of the event.

European Parliament’s Press Release on the Agora // Link to the final texts worked out by Civil Society delegations.

For more information on the AGORA, please see the attached programme or visit the EP’s Agora website.

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