On 28th January Values Unite and Polis180 hosted a joined online discussion with Franziska Brantner MP, Spokeswoman for European policy and Parliamentary Secretary of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Parliamentary Group at the Bundestag and Katja Leikert MP, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for Europe and Human Rights at the Bundestag. Both parliamentarians
On 12th January the European Policy Centre hosted an online policy dialogue on the proposal for a European Agency for Citizenship Education with Victor Negrescu MEP. During the discussion of the proposal, he stated his support for establishing an agency dedicated to citizenship education and committed to supporting the launch of a pilot
On 7th December Values Unite and the European Policy Centre jointly published the discussion paper “Safeguarding European values: The case for a European Agency for Citizenship Education”. A European Agency for Citizenship Education would seek to improve the access to and the quality of citizenship education in all EU member states and support
The Belgien newspaper La Libre Belgique published an opinion piece by Susanne Zels and Sophie Pornschlegel titled Why Europe should invest in common citizenship education: “More than 50% of European citizens do not participate in European elections and many do not understand how the institutions work. How can we strengthen our common values, which
“D(e)F: You have launched the initiative Values Unite, a campaign that advocates for the creation of a European Agency for Citizenship Education. What’s that about? Susanne Zels: Our goal is to strengthen European values and thereby social and European cohesion. In the past years, we have seen multiple EU member states violating European values and most
The German newspaper Die Zeit published an opinion piece by Susanne Zels and Sophie Pornschlegel titled Fighting for more cohesion! Why we need a European Agency for Citizenship Education: “While European leaders focus on the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the critical state of the European community of values goes unnoticed. Numerous EU
Susanne Zels and Sophie Pornschlegel founded the initiative Values Unite in June 2020 with the support from JoinPolitics in order to advocate for a European Agency for Citizenship Education (EACE). Susanne developed the idea for the EACE at Polis180, a grassroots think-tank for foreign and European affairs, based in Berlin. This is where she