WeAre#EuropeForCulture has been an initiative of the European Commission, in the scope of the activities supporting the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. “The year 2018 has a symbolic and historical importance for Europe and its cultural heritage, as it marks a number of significant event...
The current report is based on contributions from hundreds of thousands of citizens who have made their voices heard through some 1,600 citizens’ dialogues and through the online consultation on the Future of Europe. It aims to inform the EU27 Leaders’ reflection on the occasion of their informa...
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, appointed Luc Van den Brande as special adviser on outreach towards citizens. The special adviser’s mandate included the preparation of a report on how to strengthen the ties between the European Union and its citizens. This report i...
The Standard Eurobarometer survey 86 was carried out between 3 and 16 November 2016 in 34 countries and territories: the 28 Member States of the European Union, the five candidate countries (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania) and the Turkish Cyprio...
The full Standard Eurobarometer 83 report consists of several volumes. The first volume presents the state of public opinion in the European Union (EU). Four other volumes present the views of Europeans on other issues: the Europe 2020 strategy; European citizenship; the European Union budget; E...
The economic and financial crisis has triggered bold reforms in the European Union, with further big changes still to come. More and more decisions that directly affect the lives of citizens are now taken at European level. The democratic structures of our Union, therefore, have to be strengthen...
This research is intended to feed into the ongoing evaluation of the 'Information and Assistance Networks'. The latter assists citizens and businesses in exercising their rights in the EU's internal market (Europe Direct, Your Europe Advice – former Citizens Signpost Service, European Consumer C...