The Conference on the Future of Europe opens a window of opportunity to achieve reforms to strengthen EU-level democracy. In order to seize this opportunity, concrete reform proposals are needed. They have to advance the tried and tested path of democratizing the EU by strengthening the European Parliament and political parties on the European level as well as complement representative democracy with new participative instruments.
In a study commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, IEP elaborates such reform proposals in four areas:
The study identifies needs for reform in all four areas and undertakes a review of the reform options currently discussed in the political and academic debates. Based on this analysis, concrete reform proposals are recommended. The results will be discussed with decision-makers and experts in order to feed the recommendations into the debate on the future of Europe.
Project team
Katrin Böttger
Manuel Müller
Julian Plottka
Antonia Labitzky
Julina Mintel
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