The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) is an EU democracy experiment where citizens across Europe are taking part in the EU policy making.
This is the first time that a deliberative democracy experiment is promoted by transnational institutions. There are 800 citizens, elected randomly across Europe, which are elaborating recommendations for EU lawmakers, divided in four thematic European panels. At the same time, member states are organizing their national panels, that are discussing their recommendations with the Conference’s plenary together with European panels. Finally, Conference’s organizers created a multilingual digital platform where everyone can submit proposals and organize events related to the CoFoE.
Source: euractiv.com
