Conference on the Future of Europe

The Conference on the Future of Europe (C.O.F.E.) aims to bring together citizens, civil society, & the EU institutions in a debate about the Union & ultimately, give shape to its future.
Documents related to the AFCO opinion on the Conference on the Future of Europe
Opinion adopted by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on 9 December 2019.
AFCO Working Documents related to the Conference on the Future of Europe
- AFCO Working Document on Citizens and Civil Society Participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe (PDF - 385 KB)
- Discussion in committee (3 December 2020) on the AFCO Working Document on Citizens and Civil Society Participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe
- Discussion in committee (27 january 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on Citizens and Civil Society Participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe
- AFCO Working Document on Overcoming the Deadlock of Unanimity Voting (PDF - 502 KB)
- Discussion in committee (17 March 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on Overcoming the Deadlock of Unanimity Voting
- AFCO Working Document on the Community Method and Intergovernmentalism (PDF - 1 MB)
- Discussion in committee (25 February 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on the Community Method and Intergovernmentalism
- AFCO Working Document on institutional reforms in the face of the COVID-19 crisis and other potential future crises: A health Union and new emerging social needs, crisis preparedness (PDF - 304 KB)
- Discussion in commitee (17 March 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on institutional reforms in the face of the COVID-19 crisis and other potential future crises: A health Union and new emerging social needs, crisis preparedness
- AFCO Working Document on Democratization of the European Union: improving the accountability, transparency, capacity and responsiveness of the Union’s institutions (PDF - 375 KB)
- Discussion in committee (12 April 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on Democratization of the European Union: improving the accountability, transparency, capacity and responsiveness of the Union’s institutions
- AFCO Working Document on encouraging dialogue between the European Parliament and the national and regional parliaments of the EU on strengthening democracy through the Conference on the Future of Europe (PDF - 314 KB)
- Discussion in committee (25 February 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on encouraging dialogue between the European Parliament and the national and regional parliaments of the EU on strengthening democracy through the Conference on the Future of Europe
- Discussion in Committee (25 May 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on encouraging dialogue between the European Parliament and the national and regional parliaments of the EU on strengthening democracy through the Conference on the Future of Europe
- AFCO Working Document on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (PDF - 501 KB)
- Discussion in Committee (25 May 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
- Discussion in Committee (22 June 2021) on the AFCO Working Document on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality