The crisis of democracy and the role of the State in today’s Europe

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 12955 | 26 June 2012

Signatories:

Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Raphaël COMTE, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Roman JAKIČ, Slovenia, ALDE ; Mr Dirk Van der MAELEN, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Switzerland, SOC

Origin

2012 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 18 with the following paragraph:

"Sound States are based on strong democracies. To become strong, democracies need to make the existing democratic structures more representative. This is possible with the inclusion of direct democratic elements which have to be carefully designed in order to increase citizens' participation, as well as with the promotion of active citizenship as suggested by the Parliamentary Assembly in its Resolution 1874 (2012) on "The promotion of active citizenship in Europe."