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The joint declaration ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ was approved
The initiative on the Conference on the Future of Europe was approved by the Council of the European Union (EU), now under the Portuguese Presidency.

First announced in the end of 2019, this joint declaration of the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission aims to involve citizens in the debate on Europe’s future in the coming decade and beyond, including in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to give citizens a stronger voice, a series of events will be organised by the three institutions, where citizens will have the opportunity to express their views on different issues and areas.

On 10 March, took place the signature of the joint declaration by the Presidents of the European Parliament (David Sassoli), the Council (António Costa) and the European Commission (Ursula Von der Leyen).

You can watch the signing ceremony here.
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2025-11-11
Work begins on the Conference on the Future of Europe

After the signature of the joint declaration on 10 March, the work on the Conference on the Future of Europe has officially started. The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe, composed of representatives from the three institutions (European Parliament, Council and Commission), held its constitutive meeting on 24 March in Brussels.

As the Commission’s statement reads: “In this first meeting, the Executive Board agreed on a series of essential items needed to get the Conference started. They took the first steps to ensure that citizens can soon start to contribute to the Conference without delay, in particular on the multilingual Digital Platform, including the Charter for citizen’s participation and the visual identity.”.

As for next steps, the Executive Board will convene again on 7 April in the European Parliament and the Digital Platform will be launched on 19 April.

Read more about it here.

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2025-11-11
Conference on the Future of Europe: launch of the multilingual digital platform

The Digital Platform, in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe, was officially launched on 19 April.

After the last month was highlighted by the signing of the joint declaration (10/March) and the constitutive meeting (24/March) by the Executive Board of the initiative, it was time for the launch Digital Platform for the Conference on the Future of Europe . Available in 24 languages, the platform is presented as “the hub of the Conference on the Future of Europe”, where EU’s citizens have the “opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in, to help shape our future”.

As mentioned in the Commission’s press release, this tool is organized around “key topics: climate change and the environment; health; a stronger and fairer economy; social justice and jobs; EU in the world; values and rights, rule of law, security; digital transformation; European democracy; migration; and education, culture, youth and sport”; also complemented by “an ‘open box’ for cross-cutting and other topics”.

Know more about the Digital Platform here.

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2025-11-11