The Changing Role of Citizens in EU Democratic Governance

Davor Jancic is Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Foreword
Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography)

PART I
THE EVOLVING INSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE CITIZEN IN EU PUBLIC LAW
1. The Institutionalisation of Citizens in the EU: Citizenship
and Democracy
Davor Jancic (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
2. The European Politeia: Democracy and Citizenship without a State
Susanna Cafaro (University of Salento, Italy)
3. Understanding the Unstable Frames of Citizen Participation in the EU: The Field Effect, Public Sphere and Governance Functions
Luis Bouza Garcia (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

PART II
CITIZENSHIP BEYOND ELECTIONS
4. The Right to Petition, EU Citizens and the European Parliament: Rise of the Triad?
Henri de Waele (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
5. Fostering Citizens’ Control Over and Participation in EU Democratic Life: The Ever-Increasing Importance of the European Ombudsman
Marco Inglese (University of Parma, Italy)
6. What Role for Citizens in Ongoing Legislative Processes? The Legal Implications for Transparency and Access to Documents
Natasa Athanasiadou (Maastricht University, the Netherlands)

PART III
DEMOCRACY BEYOND REPRESENTATION
Participation and EU Integration
7. From Paris with Love: President Macron’s Democratic Conventions in Context
Davor Jancic (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
8. The Conference on the Future of Europe: Bringing the EU Closer to its Citizens?
Maaike Geuens (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
9. EU Participatory Democracy: Citizens’ Assemblies and the Conference on the Future of Europe
James Organ (University of Liverpool, UK)

Participation and EU Legislation
10. Is There Anybody Out There? The Role and Functioning of Pre-legislative Consultations in the EU
Paolo Zicchittu (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy)
11. The European Citizens’ Initiative: Towards a User-Friendly, Participatory and Powerful Agenda Initiative for the EU
Mario Mendez (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
12. The European Citizens’ Initiative: Caught between Executive Dominance and Judicial Restraint?
Jasmin Hiry-Lesch (University of Luxembourg)
13. The Role of the European Economic and Social Committee in Improving EU Citizen Participation
James Organ (University of Liverpool, UK) and Nikos Vogiatzis (University of Essex, UK)

PART IV
CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
14. Beyond the Post-it: Citizen Engagement in Policy-Making through Material Deliberation
Paulo Rosa (DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), Thomas Volker (University of Bergen, Norway) and Angela Guimaraes Pereira (DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission)
15. Looking for the Silver Lining: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Window of Opportunity for Citizen Participation in the EU
Petar Markovic (Ambassador (Head of the Mission) of Montenegro to the European Union)
16. Conclusions
Davor Jancic (Queen Mary University of London, UK)