Sunday, November 8th & Monday, November 9th
Citizens throughout Europe, their cities and regions are the potential of the European Union. This is where the competence and responsibility for the successful development of the European process lies.
The importance of grassroots initiatives must be recognized institutionally.
The necessary contribution of grassroots initiatives to the success of the European project deserves the active appreciation and support of the EU institutions - not only through well-meant praise and recognition, but also and not least through structural and financial assistance.
Reflection on the responsibility we all share for the success of a common Europe cannot be equated with a "release" of the European institutions and the nation states. On the contrary: as citizens become more involved in Europe, their right to demand more serious, honest and committed work for Europe from those with political responsibility in the EU and its member states is growing.
The Stiftung Zukunft Berlin and its initiatives Cities for Europe, A Soul for Europe and We are Europe have developed concrete demands for the European Parliament in an Action Agenda and will discuss the basic conditions for a bottom-up Europe on this basis at the "Berlin Conference" on November 8 and 9, 2020.
Taking part in the discussion:
- Representatives from culture and business, such as Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Serhij Zhadan (writer), Barrie Kosky (director of the Komische Oper Berlin), Marcel Fratzscher (president DIW Berlin),
- Representatives* of European city governments and societies, such as Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin, Emil Boc (Cluj-Napoca, Romania); Maximilian Wonke (Panketal, Germany); Mohamed Ridouani (Leuven, Belgium); Martin Guillermo (Secretary General, Association of European Border Regions)
- active and former members of the European Parliament such as the EU Commissioner for Innovation and Youth, Mayria Gabriel, Hannah Neumann, Gabriele Bischoff, Hannes Heide, Doris Pack, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Jo Leinen, and Hannes Swoboda
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