Earning EU Citizens’ Trust: Rethinking Democracy and Strengthening the Rule of Law IntroductionRECONNECT’s contribution to Democracy and Rule of Law by Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters, RECONNECT Coordinator, KU Leuven https://youtu.be/-r0Px2U-5Fk Panel 1Rethinking Democracy and the Democratic Future of Europe https://youtu.be/-r0Px2U-5Fk?t=1920 RECONNECT experts engaged in a lively Q&A with the audience Read more…
On 11 December 2020, RECONNECT Project Manager Anna-Luise Chané presented RECONNECT at the Horizon Europe launch event of KU Leuven. The event informed participants about the next Framework programme for Research & Innovation, which will start on 1 January 2021. Organizers of ongoing Horizon 2020 projects highlighted key achievements and Read more…
by Maaike De Ridder Democracy and the rule of law are two of the European Union’s fundamental values. Over the past ten years, however, they have come under increasing pressure. Backsliding Member States, growing distrust from citizens towards EU institutions, a rise in populism and many other challenges have risen Read more…
by Alex Andrione-Moylan A new report has been prepared in the framework of the RECONNECT project, which compares developments observed within the EU, with global trajectories of democracy and rule of law, as they emerge in RECONNECT research. It focuses, in the first instance, on the area of democracy, which Read more…
Fundamental Principles in Times of Crisis – Democracy and Rule of Law in the European Union | European Policy Brief Democracy, the Rule of Law and Transnational Pressures: Comparing RECONNECT Findings in Global and European Trends | RECONNECT Deliverable Working Paper on Citizens’ Participation and Electoral Linkages | RECONNECT Deliverable Read more…
What Future for the European Union? – Conference Report Keynote Address and Panel Discussions – Video Recordings Keynote Address ‘A New Push for European Democracy – The Conference on the Future of Europe’ by Ms. Dubravka Šuica (VP, European Commission) | Chair: Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters (Director of the Leuven Read more…
Understanding the Disconnect: A New Citizen-Level Survey for the European Elections 2019 by Sylvia Kritzinger, Carolina Plescia and James Wilhelm A key aim of the RECONNECT project is to understand and explain the EU’s current crisis of legitimacy in the wake of recent crises and the ensuing popularity of a new Read more…