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Why the European Republic?
We have come 2/3rds of the way. We have a single market, a single currency, now we need a single democracy. In the EU, European Citizens are too often divided by different voting systems, different taxation systems or different access to social systems. The European Republic stands for the political equality for all European citizens and a full-fledged #EuropeanCitizenship. The single market and the Euro must be embedded in a European democracy. We shift the paradigm:
- From United States of Europe to the European Republic
- From European integration to European democracy
- From a single market to European public goods
- From states to citizens as the main subjects of European unity.
Because Europe is the unity of people, and not the integration of states!
Ulrike Guérot
Our three pillars
The European Democracy Lab is dedicated to developing innovative ideas for Europe. We promote the European common good beyond the nation state. The development of a transnational paradigm and the exploration of alternative concepts for the European political order are the Lab’s main concerns. We combine research, activism and culture.
We dare you! Pop the usual Europe bubble! Europe doesn’t belong in an echo chamber. Let’s mainstream the European Republic! All our activities are dedicated to making the European Republic a common reality. We want to experiment. Our work is based on three pillars:
LAB & DESIGN Thinking
Activism & Capacity building
Art & Culture
What we’ve done recently
Debate
European Democracy Labs demands immediate stop of the Russian war in Ukraine
It is the mission of the European Democracy Lab to bring people together. The European Democracy Lab is deeply dismayed by the war in Ukraine, which is bringing pain and division to Europe. In the last decades, people in Europe celebrated the liberation and the end of...
Ulrike Guérot on republicanism, the need for both left and right, and systemic vs content change
On republicanism, the need for both left and right, systemic vs content change, and how a court case for the preservation of European citizenship for Britons affected by the Brexit could bring the European Republic a serious step closer. 'The Republiek Europa could...
The European Democracy Lab at the ECJ
The European Democracy Lab e.V. is currently co-plaintiff in the lawsuit Case C-252/29 at the ECJ. In this case the ECJ is asked whether European Citizenship is a permanent status, i.e. an individually granted right and inalienable ("Is European Citizenship of...