On September 6th ALDA participated to the brainstorming workshop “Shrinking Europe’s citizenry from 512 to 466 million with Brexit. Collateral damage, or is there another way?”
The event, organized by the European Citizens’ rights, Involvement and Trust Foundation (ECTI), took place at the Press Club, in Brussels, in association with the Summer University on European citizenship. The objective of the workshop was to embark upon a discussion on the latest European Citizens’ Initiative to promote the European Union permanent citizenship related to the Brexit phenomenon. The event examined various aspects concerning the Brexit, from general information to real experiences and opinions by people living in the United Kingdom and UK citizens living in other European countries.
This workshop wanted to try answering to particularly delicate questions, such as: How to provide this European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) with the necessary support so that Brexit becomes a European, not just a UK issue? Can the ECI attract up to one million signatures from a minimum of 7 member states? What are the real chances for success when petitions, court cases and appeals to the European ombudsman have not gone far so far? Mr. Simpson, leader of the European Citizens’ Initiative, stated that they are trying to achieve their mission by looking for self starting support networks in the member states.
Among the speakers we mention Tony Venables, founder of the ECIT, Dora Kostakopoulou, Professor of European Law at Warwick University, Julie Ward, member of the European Parliament for the North West England region and Andrew Duff, expert on the Treaties, President of the Spinelli Group.
On September 6th ALDA participated to the brainstorming workshop “Shrinking Europe’s citizenry from 512 to 466 million with Brexit. Collateral damage, or is there another way?”
The event, organized by the European Citizens’ rights, Involvement and Trust Foundation (ECTI), took place at the Press Club, in Brussels, in association with the Summer University on European citizenship. The objective of the workshop was to embark upon a discussion on the latest European Citizens’ Initiative to promote the European Union permanent citizenship related to the Brexit phenomenon. The event examined various aspects concerning the Brexit, from general information to real experiences and opinions by people living in the United Kingdom and UK citizens living in other European countries.
This workshop wanted to try answering to particularly delicate questions, such as: How to provide this European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) with the necessary support so that Brexit becomes a European, not just a UK issue? Can the ECI attract up to one million signatures from a minimum of 7 member states? What are the real chances for success when petitions, court cases and appeals to the European ombudsman have not gone far so far? Mr. Simpson, leader of the European Citizens’ Initiative, stated that they are trying to achieve their mission by looking for self starting support networks in the member states.
Among the speakers we mention Tony Venables, founder of the ECIT, Dora Kostakopoulou, Professor of European Law at Warwick University, Julie Ward, member of the European Parliament for the North West England region and Andrew Duff, expert on the Treaties, President of the Spinelli Group.