European People's Assembly

From 27 to 29 September 2024, the first European People's Assembly took place in Athens were 200 randomly selected citizens from all over Europe came together to chart the course for Europe through crises present and future. Our organization was chosen via the Sortition Foundation to provide Citizens of Cyprus the opportunity to represent themselves in a European Citizens Assembly through a lottery selection.

A citizens' assembly is a group of people selected by lottery from the general population to deliberate on important public questions so as to exert an influence in EU making policies. Two men were chosen randomly in Cyprus to represent themselves and their opinions on EU specific topics.

The collective message of all participants was simple :“Our peoples' assembly has met in the first port of its Democratic Odyssey: Athens. We seek to invent a permanent assembly that allows more participatory democracy via regular and transparent deliberation between people, and involving policy makers, scientists, industry and journalists, that leads to concrete commitments and actions at local, regional, national and transnational levels and more cultural integration. We believe this assembly can contribute to better planning for future crises, build trust, interdependence and promote the equality, liberty, education, health and wellbeing of everyone. Our power is connection!”