{"id":114835,"date":"2022-11-01T16:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/project\/eunite\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:07:33","slug":"eunite","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/project\/eunite\/","title":{"rendered":"EUNITE! EU Citizens Unite and Promote the European Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The EUNITE project aims to promote, encourage and support the European civil society democratic and civic participation at local, national and transnational level.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although the 2019 European elections had the highest political participation ever (increasing from 42.6% in 2014 to 50.6% in 2019), the general trend since 1979 has been steadily decreasing and in some countries, participation was very low with a mere third of citizens submitting their vote. For this reason, the next EU parliamentary elections in 2024 will be an important juncture to evaluate the active participation of European citizens in the European Union. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the European Union has experienced a wave of populist movements advocating greater national autonomies. Even though the majority of the member states' citizens are in favour of the EU, this development has caused rising extremism, political polarisation, and manifestations of an anti-European sentiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project\u2019s general objective is to increase participation of EU citizens in EU Parliament Elections and general interest of citizens in EU policies through the implementation of a series of workshops, debates and encounters. Through its activities, the project will bring citizens closer to the EU institutions, enhancing their knowledge about the EU opportunities and policies, and making citizens responsible for their active participation in European democratic political life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, EUNITE will take into account the role of disinformation on producing lack of interest in EU politics, and how the Covid pandemic social context affected the democratic debate. By promoting an exchange between EU citizens, and gathering them to activities linked to EU policies, the project will stimulate reflections and debates among participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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