The Conference on the Future of Europe is a series of citizen-led debates and discussions that enable people from across Europe to share their ideas and help shape our common European future. The European Citizens´panels are an integral part of the CoFoE.

The European Citizens’ Panel on "EU in the world / Migration" will meet at the European Institute for Public Administration in Maastricht and online to deliver its recommendations. In March, the Panel’s report - on the EU’s self-reliance and stability, its place in the world, and all aspects of migration-related issues - will be debated in a Conference Plenary session.

The panels bring together people from different walks of life. Citizens have been chosen randomly by specialist contractors on behalf of the EU institutions, using methodologies that ensure that they are representative of the EU's diversity in terms of geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background and level of education. Young people between 16 and 25 make up one-third of each panel.

These citizens come up with ideas and recommendations that will feed into the overall Conference deliberations, in particular into the Conference Plenaries, and ultimately into the report on its final outcome. The European Citizens’ Panels kicked&nbsp;off with the first 200-citizen meeting 17-19 of September in Strasbourg.

The first sessions of all four Panels took&nbsp;place on&nbsp;Parliament’s premises in Strasbourg and began&nbsp;working on draft recommendations within each Panel’s remit. This first European Citizens’ Panel focused on a stronger economy, social justice, jobs/education, youth, culture, and sport/digital transformation, based on citizens’ contributions collected from across Europe on a Multilingual Digital Platform, as well as support and presentations from prominent academics. The second European Citizens’ Panel focused&nbsp;on European democracy/values, rights, the rule of law, and security. The third panel´s agenda was&nbsp;climate change, environment and health. The fourth on the EU in the world/migration.

Also, the Panels are meeting in four European academic institutions (Dublin, Florence, Natolin/Warsaw, and Maastricht) to finalise their recommendations so they can be discussed at the Conference Plenary.

From 25-27 February&nbsp;the final European Citizens' Panels covering ‘A stronger economy, social justice and jobs / Education, culture, youth and sport / Digital transformation' was held in Dublin. The recommendations will be debated at the Conference Plenary in early March, alongside recommendations from the Panel on 'EU in the world / migration', and from national panels and events.

European Citizens’ Panels

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Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 1 : Stronger economy, social justice, jobs, education, culture, sport, digital transformation, in Dublin

Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 1 : Stronger economy, social justice, jobs, education, culture, sport, digital transformation, in Dublin..Conference on the Future of Europe – European Citizen’s Panels, at the Dublin Castle, in Dublin, Ireland, on the Friday 25th February, 2022.

Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 1 : Stronger economy, social justice, jobs, education, culture, sport, digital transformation, in Dublin.

Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 4 : EU in the World / Migration in Maastricht, Netherlands

Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 3 ‘ Climate change, environment/health ‘ in Natolin, Warsaw

Conference on the Future of Europe - Panel 3   ' Climate change, Environment / Health ' in Natolin, Warsaw.

Conference of the Future of Europe (CoFoE) -  Citizens' panel 4 - Plenary

Conference of the Future of Europe (CoFoE) -  Citizens' panel 4

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) - Citizens' panel 2 - Plenary session

Multilingualism Day

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) - Citizens' panel

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) -  Citizens' panel 2

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) -  Citizens' panel 2 - Plenary session

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) - Citizens' panel 1 - Plenary session

Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) - Citizens' panel 1

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens Panel 4 on Migration. Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 4 - Migration - debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens Panel 4 on Migration. Opening remarks by Alessandro ALFIERI, Chair of the WG and Krasimir ZLATINOV, Citizens Spokesperson.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 4 - Migration - Opening remarks by Alessandro ALFIERI, Chair of the WG and Krasimir ZLATINOV, Citizens Spokesperson

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 4 on the role of the EU in the World. Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 4 - EU in the World - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens Panel 3 on Health. Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 3 - Health - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 3 on Climate Change, Environment and Health. Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 3 - Climate Change, Environment and Health - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 3 on Climate Change and Environment. Opening remarks by Anna PASKOVA, Chair of the WG and Dorin HELL, Citizens Spokesperson.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 3 - Climate Change and Environment - Opening remarks by Anna PASKOVA, Chair of the WG and Dorin HELL, Citizens Spokesperson

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Panel 2 - Values and Rights, Rule of Law and Security - Debate and closing remarks

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 2 - Values and Rights, Rule of Law and Security - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Panel 2 - Values and Rights, Rule of Law and Security - Opening remarks by Vera JOUROVA, Chair of the WG, Joy Clara SCHÄFLEIN and Normunds LEGZDIŅŠ, Spokespersons of the Working Group.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 2 - Values and Rights, Rule of Law and Security - Opening remarks by Dubravka ŠUICA on behalf of Vera JOUROVA, Chair of the WG, Joy Clara SCHÄFLEIN and Normunds LEGZDIŅŠ, Spokespersons of the Working Group

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 2 - Values and Rights, Rule of Law and Security.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 2 - European Democracy - Debate and closing remarks

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 2 - European Democracy - Opening remarks by Domènec Miquel RUIZ DEVESA, Chair of the WG and Matouš BĚLOHLÁVEK, Spokesperson of the WG

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel on Digital transformation - Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Digital transformation - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 1 ON Digital transformation - Opening remarks by Riina SIKKUT, Chair of the WG and Antonio GIARDINA, Citizens spokesperson.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Digital transformation - Opening remarks by Riina SIKKUT, Chair of the WG and Antonio GIARDINA, Citizens spokesperson

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 1 - Youth, Education and sport - Debate and closing remarks

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Youth, Education and sport - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 1 - Introductory remarks by Silja MARKULLA, Chair of the WG and Marina ZELENETSKA, Citizens Spokesperson.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Introductory remarks by Silja MARKULLA, Chair of the WG and Marina ZELENETSKA, Citizens Spokesperson

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 1 - Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs. Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs - Debate and closing remarks.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs - Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs - Debate and closing remarks

Components of the Conference on the Future of Europe debate the first draft proposals of the Citizens' Panel 1 - Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs. Introductory remarks by Iratxe GARCIA PEREZ (S&D, ES), Chair of the WG and Camila JENSEN, Citizens Spokesperson.

Conference on the Future of Europe: Panel 1 - Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Jobs - Introductory remarks by Iratxe GARCIA PEREZ (S&D, ES), Chair of the WG and Camila JENSEN, Citizens Spokesperson

Joined by Ukrainian citizens and MPs for the ‘EU in the world’ debate, the Conference Plenary will hold thematic discussions based on ideas from European Citizens’ Panels. 40 recommendations have been prepared by the European Citizens’ Panel on ‘EU in the world / migration’ that met on 11-13 February 2022 in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and 48 recommendations by the Panel on ‘a stronger economy, social justice and jobs / education, culture, youth and sport / digital transformation’ which concluded its work on 25-27 February in Dublin, Ireland. These, and ideas on the same topics stemming from the national Citizens’ Panels organised by the member states, are presented and discussed in the Conference Plenary at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Conference on the Future of Europe: highlights

The Conference on the Future of Europe Plenary hold thematic discussions based on ideas from European Citizens’ Panels. Guy VERHOFSTADT, Co-Chair of the Executive Board, Dubravka ŠUICA, Co-Chair of the Executive Board and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography and Nicola BEER, Vice-President of the European Parliame draw some conclusions on this phase of the CoFoE.

Conference on the Future of Europe - Statements by Guy VERHOFSTADT and Dubravka ŠUICA, Co-Chairs of the Executive Board and Nicola BEER, Vice-President of the European Parliament

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