At our Transeuropa Forum unConference we organised, there were sessions from how Polish farmers stopped fracking to the fall of fortress Europe, from visualising emotions through objects to creating a viral social media video in 45 minutes. We also had a session where, building on our…

by Niccolo Milanese International leaders and the international press are fixated on the question of whether what has happened in Egypt in the last week is a coup-d’etat, and whether it endangers democracy. This seems to be peculiarly the wrong…

By Ivan Botoucharov Drawing: Dan PerjovschiThis article was originally published on OneEurope on May 22nd If the EU wants to close the huge gap with its citizens, it has to pro-actively approach them and explain their rights, powers and opportunities. On…

Article by Diana IftodiShale gas is a complex issue which is often reduced to just another fight between leftist environmentalists and rightist pragmatic policies. However this distracts the public’s attention from real facts. Most importantly, it is an issue that…

On December 3rd, European Alternatives, a European transnational organisation promoting alternatives to the current European construction process launches its Citizen Manifesto. Interview with Alessandro Valera, Head of Policy and Participation at European Alternatives. Article by Maxence Salendre Article originally published…

Every worker has the right to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity. Every worker has the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of…

We often discuss the reform of public services and reform of democracy separately, as if reform could take place in one area without affecting the other. As well as “providing services”, public service organisations are also bound by a duty…