This paper provides a critical assessment of the realities of EU participatory democracy and offers a set of innovative … of citizen participation to EU decision-making is due to the design, nature and practice of those instruments more than … fostering citizen participation beyond elections. Such a space may give birth to alternative, unconventional forms of …

government at the sub-national, national or supranational levels; 2. Ad-hoc participation of the EU by creating a supra …

transparency obligations stemming from the Treaty and its requirements are proportionate to the aims pursued. As such it does not … duty of openness and transparency that already govern the Statute and its interpretation, without compromising the …. Additionally, the proposed mandatory Transparency Register also allows Members to easily identify the identity of interest …

good governance and ensuring the participation of civil society in the democratic life of the Union. It illustrates that … law. After addressing the semantic confusion existing between openness and transparency, it attempts – through a textual … participation for civil societies and other organised interests. The changing nature of the openness rights accompanied by the …

the democratic potential carried out by coalitions of civil society actors. Once established a case for studying … coalitions of civil society organization through the lens of Global Administrative Law, the book eventually unveils its … underlying research question. This volume specifically attempts to explain how civil society networks – which are studied within …

, accountability and actual practice – in order to provide a set of recommendations on how to strengthen the role and impact of the … right of petition as the privileged instrument of EU participatory democracy …