The association Citizens For Europe e.V. (CFE) was established in 2010 by an international group of committed and young citizens in the European Union. Based on our common belief in the need for a new paradigm for European citizenship and for more political particpation opportunities, we have combined our skills and personal and professional networks in order to define, promote and finally establish a new EU citizenship and new forms of binding political participation opportunities, free of discrimination and exclusion. Based on our strong belief in the European project, we set up innovative projects and events to express and promote our ideas.

Citizens For Europe e.V. is a nonprofit, non-partisan, non-commercial and non-governmental association that acts on the basis of mutual trust, recognition and equality among partners and friends.

Mission

• With the awareness of the discriminating effect of the national construction of citizenship in Europe,
• with the awareness of the growing democracy and legitimacy deficit on national and European level,
• with the awareness of an ongoing disaggregation of societies and a resurgent (ethno)nationalism in Europe,
• with the awareness of national governments weakening the functionality and capability of the European Institutions,

Citizens For Europe e.V. conducts together with its partners and friends projects and activities to counter these developments and to boost their true believe and common vision in a European Union designed for freedom, peace, plurality, tolerance, participation and democracy.

Code of Conduct

For all projects and activities, as well as for the internal organisation, we hold true to the following values:

• no discrimination, no matter on what grounds
• highest safety and security standards for all participants
• highest data integrity and data security of all private data; abuse is strictly prohibited
• highest ecological standards
• efficient use and no squandering of any resources

The initiative and all its projects and activities are devoted to the promotion equality, tolerance, plurality, participation and democracy.

General Aims and Purposes

• Promoting transnational citizenship and political participation in Europe
• fostering political commitment of citizens on local and European level
• broadening the scope of discourses in national political parties to a European level
• advancing the discussion in public and politics on a cosmopolitan approach of European citizenship
• establishing a vivid and cross-border community of politically interested and committed people, who exchange and reflecttheir political knowledge and convictions on European level
• providing citizens of the EU tools and the right to exert their common desire for full political participation, integration and recognition in their local communities and state of residence.
• triggering a change of current regional and national electoral laws in Europe towards the application of a cosmopolitan approach of European citizenship.