A podcast by Debating Europe, the citizen engagement unit of Friends of Europe July 2025 Overcoming Polarisation: Paths to Common Ground As Europe faces rising polarisation – on politics, climate, ...

As Europe faces rising polarisation – on politics, climate, technology, and trust in public institutions – decision-makers are under growing pressure to respond with solutions that are effective, ...

In this third episode of the five-part special series of Policy Voices on the EU elections, host Catarina Vila Nova speaks with representatives from five parties on the key issue of climate change. In ...

As both Europe and Africa seek a transition to more sustainable energy sources, how can the two continents work together towards climate-resilient energy security? What sort of cooperation would lead ...

investigates democratic challenges in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) and aims to propose new ways for the EU to assist political ...

Our “2024 Voices – Citizens Speak Up!” report highlights a strong demand for stronger policies, AI investment, and digital upskilling to drive innovation and economic growth. Europe should adopt an ...

Between September 2023 and April 2024, we conducted group discussions on climate issues with 160 citizens from all over Europe to discuss about their views on 4 EU Missions, namely on: Climate-Neutral ...

Democracy needs to be fixed. Would you complement or replace representative democracy with participatory and deliberative democracy?

As part of our work around reimagining a democracy fit for the 21st century, we asked the following experts and activists “Could civic education be the silver bullet needed to rebuild trust in our ...

In the second episode of the five-part special series of Policy Voices on the EU elections, host Catarina Vila Nova speaks with representatives from five parties on the key issue of artificial ...

In this fourth episode of the five-part special series of Policy Voices on the EU elections, host Catarina Vila Nova speaks with representatives from five parties on the key issue of migration and ...

Today we're looking at a potentially important step in channelling greater participation of young people in the democratic process, namely extending the right to vote to 16-year-olds.