Conference on the Future of Europe digital platform launched
The digital tool aims to provide EU citizens with a platform to share and exchange their ideas and views on the future of the Union through online events.
Source: European Commission Audiovisual
20 Apr 2021
Portugal’s EU affairs minister Ana Paula Zacarias has admitted the much-vaunted conference on the EU’s future cannot be a panacea for EU ills. Rather, she said the exercise is a chance to bring citizens “closer to the EU”.
The Minister, representing the Portuguese Presidency at the launch of a “digital platform” to be used by the public to take part in the Conference, told reporters, “This Conference is not going to change the world and nor is it a panacea. I realise that but I do hope that it will make a difference so the more that take part in it the merrier.”
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Today in a joint vote by the foreign affairs and the international trade committees, the S&D Group is leading support for the consent vote on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
However, MEPs want further assurances that all aspects of the Brexit deal are implemented in full, including the Withdrawal Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol, ahead of the final plenary vote.
The Socialists and Democrats have played a leading and constructive role throughout the scrutiny and consent procedure, in particular as co-rapporteur on the foreign affairs committee.Â
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Andreas Schieder, co-rapporteur on the EU-UK Agreement (foreign affairs), said: