The European Citizens’ Panel on Energy Efficiency has submitted its recommendations to the European Commission
At the end of the final session of the Panel, the citizens presented their recommendations to Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal.
Over three weekends 150 randomly selected citizens representing all 27 EU Member States have been coming together to discuss the challenges and benefits of energy efficiency.
Together, they have put forward a list of concrete recommendations that will contribute to shaping future EU laws and feed into upcoming Commission initiatives. This includes the foreseen Commission proposal for a Recommendation on the “Energy Efficiency First Principle”.
The European Citizens’ Panel on Tackling Hatred in Society has begun
150 citizens from across Europe are coming together for the European Citizens’ Panel on Tackling Hatred in Society.
Together, participants will look at the root causes of hatred and identify measures that can be taken to address them. Across three weekends, they will consider ways to build bridges across fractured groups and communities.
By the conclusion of the Panel in May, citizens will agree on a set of recommendations that will be submitted to the European Commission and subsequently impact related EU policies.
What is the Citizens’ Engagement Platform?
This is your dedicated space to engage and debate on EU policies that affect us all.
Your feedback is a vital part of our policymaking process. Everyone's voice matters and we are keen to hear yours.
Thanks to real-time translation, you can participate in any of the EU's 24 official languages, and engage with your fellow citizens. Let's build Europe together!
First debate on energy efficiency
This is just the start. There will be debates on many more topics. Stay tuned!
We want to hear from you on how to improve energy efficiency - how to do more with less energy in our everyday lives.
Your ideas will help us to ensure that the transition to clean energy is achieved at the lowest cost and with the greatest benefits for all.
What can we do to reduce energy bills? How can we make our homes more efficient? What smarter energy choices can we make to protect our planet?
This is the space where you can share your views and engage with other citizens.
Citizen engagement phases
- ParticipationOnline contributions
Citizens create, comment and vote on contributions on the Citizens' Engagement Platform
- DeliberationEU Citizens' Panels
Contributions feed into European Citizens' Panels and input into the European policymaking process
- Follow-upTaking action on citizens' recommendations
Follow-up to the contributions and discussions based on regular reports
- FeedbackTransparent communication on the outcome
Inform citizens about policy actions
You can participate by posting contributions or by commenting or endorsing contributions from others. You can contribute in any of the 24 official EU languages. You have to sign-in using EU-Login. Please refer to the EU-login page to create an account.
When you are signed in, you can add your own contribution by clicking on the "New contribution +" button. You indicate the title and content of your contribution, in a maximum of 150 and 1500 characters respectively.
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European Citizens' Panels
A key objective of the European Commission is the stronger citizen participation in its democratic processes and policies. In this vein, the Commission has established European Citizens’ Panels as a regular feature of democratic life in the EU.
Each Citizens’ Panel brings together 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States, reflecting Europe's diversity and young generations. The Panels make recommendations on key policies that affect us all.
Stay tuned for latest developments on current and future Panels.