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Following the first round of sessions at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in September and October, European citizens’ panels continue their work online throughout November. Their recommendations will be drafted, adopted and then presented and discussed at the Conference plenary in December and January.

Date: from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 November.

How to follow the event: on the multilingual digital platform, Where

Themes: the third panel will focus on the following themes and sub-themes:

Better lifestyles

• healthy lifestyles
• environmental education

Protect our environment and our health

• a healthy natural environment
• protect our biodiversity
• safe and healthy food

Reorienting our economy and consumption

• fair trade products, equal access and fair consumption
• regulate overproduction and overconsumption
• reduce waste

Towards a sustainable society

• environmentally friendly transport
• support change
• renewable energies now

Care for all

• a broader understanding of health
• equitable access to health for all
• strengthen health care

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The first two online sessions of the European citizens’ panels were held from 5 to 7 November (on a stronger economy, social justice, employment and education, youth, culture, sports and digital transformation ) and from 12 to 14 November (on democracy and European values, rights, the rule of law and security). The last online session will be held from 26 to 28 November (on the EU in the world and migration). In December and January, the panels will meet in four European academic institutions (in Dublin, Florence, Natolin / Warsaw and Maastricht) to finalize their recommendations which will then be debated in the plenary of the Conference.

context

The European citizens’ panels are a central element of the Conference organized by the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission on the basis of their joint statement. The deliberations of the panels take into account the contributions of citizens collected across Europe on the multilingual digital platform, and draw on contributions and presentations from leading academics and experts.

The citizens were chosen at random by specialist contractors, according to methodologies ensuring that they are representative of the diversity of the EU in terms of geographical origin, gender, age, socio-economic background and level of education. Young people aged 16 to 25 represent one third of each panel. Each panel will formulate recommendations which will be forwarded to the plenary assembly of the Conference, which will then present proposals on the future of Europe. The panels selected 80 citizens (20 for each panel) to represent them in the plenary of the Conference. These representatives participated in the second meeting of the Plenary Conference which took place on 23 October in Strasbourg.

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