par Oleart, Alvaro 
Référence The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies, and Crises, Oxford University Press, page (264-283)
Publication Publié, 2025-01
Référence The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies, and Crises, Oxford University Press, page (264-283)
Publication Publié, 2025-01
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| Résumé : | The EU has recently innovated in its political practices of “citizen participation.” Situated by the first von der Leyen Commission (2019–2024) as a pillar of the priority “A new push for European democracy,” the Conference on the Future of Europe culminates this process through the inclusion of a set of European citizens’ panels, in which EU institutions increasingly decouple “citizen participation” from civil society and the public sphere. This political direction has been further reinforced by the organization of a set of five “new generation” European citizens’ panels on specific issues uniquely under the umbrella of the Commission. The chapter describes these processes and their gender equality implications from an intersectional feminist perspective, arguing that these democratic innovations have not meaningfully contributed to democratize the EU. Rather, the “new” methods are coherent with the preexistent technocratic conception of EU democracy and thus constitute an effort of citizenwashing, turning participation into a public relations exercise. |
