Citizens' Engagement for Ensuring the European Union Democracy
Citizens' Engagement for Ensuring the European Union Democracy

Summary/Abstract: The future of the European Union depends to a large extent on respect for the fundamental values that underpin its functioning, and democracy is one of those values, along with freedom, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including those of minorities. The commitment of citizens to participate in the democratic life of the European Union, ensuring free and transparent access to European democracy, strengthening the democracy of the European Union are challenges and, at the same time, perspectives that we have focused on in this article, starting from theoretical aspects that the construction of the European Union is based on, how European democracy materializes and is regulated at the level of European Union legislation, but also how citizens are involved in decision-making and public policy adoption at European level, including possible improvements, if any. In order to achieve the proposed objective, the literature, the legislation of the European Union, but also the topical issues that European democracy faces (brought to the public's attention through the Conference for Europe) were subjected to analysis. In addition, various statistical data provided by the European Union were analysed in order to capture a more complete picture of democracy and the commitment of citizens to the democratic life of the European Union. The key role of European democracy in the functioning of the European Union, the commitment of citizens and their inclusion in a consultative process offered by the Conference for Europe make us appreciate the need to apply as many democratic exercises as possible to develop, strengthen and protect European democracy, an essential factor ensuring the optimal functioning of the European Union.

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