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)
