‘What are the prospects for participatory democracy in Europe?’ Under this question the European Economic and Social Committee on Tuesday 22 March 2011 in Brussels convened an extraordinary meeting of

European Parliament Vice-President Isabelle Durant (Greens/EFA, Belgium) on Tuesday outlined her views on participatory democracy at the extraordinary meeting of Group III (“Various Interests”) of the European Economic and Social

European Parliament Vice-President Isabelle Durant (Greens/EFA, Belgium) on Tuesday outlined her views on participatory democracy at the extraordinary meeting of Group III (“Various Interests”) of the European Economic and Social

Simon Hix, a political scientist at the London School of Economics, predicts an historic low turnout in the 2009 European elections, of possibly below 40 percent.