February 22-24, 2019: We are Europe Citizens’ Agora in

Budapest in cooperation with the Brussels secretariat of the Union of European Federalists, moderator of the 2nd panel on democracy and rule of law

We are Europe Citizens' Agora is a public political event co-organised by “We are Europe” partners in view to consolidating the civil society and citizens skills, offering them political visibility and reinforce cross-border partnerships. The event is organised by UEF in cooperation with UEF Hungary, JEF and The Spinelli Group. 

In the context of raising populism in Europe, where civil society actors operate in hostile political environments, when democracy and rule of law are endangered, and 3 months prior the European Parliament elections, the We are Europe Citizens' Agora in Budapest aims to stimulate and organise a reflection and debate on relevant issues and the future of Europe involving civil society actors and political representatives from European Union member states and in particular those from the Visegrad countries.

The Agora promotes societal engagement within the debate on the Future of Europe. It allows participants to address crucial topics in this particular context, such as future and challenges of democracy and rule of law in Europe as well as the Visegrad prospective on the future of Europe debate.

The Citizens’ Agora public debate will take place on Friday 22nd of February at 16:00 in the Harminoa Palace in Budapest. This event will permit a debate between members of the European Parliament from The Spinelli Group, local politicians or former MEPs and the civil society from Hungary and other center-European countries. The debate language mainly will be English with translation facilities provided into Hungarian.