In the spotlight
Engaging citizens - Five years as European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication StrategyFor the last five years, I have had the privilege of working to transform the way the European Commission communicates with the citizens. My task has been to reform, modernise and decentralise our communication. The aim has been to listen better to the citizens' views and concerns, to explain better how the decisions and initiatives we take affect their daily lives and to go local and connect better with people by addressing them in their local settings.
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Blog
13/11/2009
Have your say!
When the Lisbon Treaty enters into force on the 1 December, it will offer a new opportunity to citizens to influence the EU agenda. It is the Citizens’ Initiative that will enable one million citizens to request the Commission to bring forward a particular policy proposal.
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Reaching parity: a moment of truth for European Democracy
Opening speech at the "Women in Europe: reaching parity" conference organised by the Robert Schuman Foundation, European Parliament, Brussels
17/11/2009
Communicating Europe: lessons (to be) learnt from the Irish Referendum
Irish Institute of European Affairs, Brussels
16/11/2009
The right man in the right job is often a woman [pdf 116 kb]
Letter to the editorial of Financial times signed by Margot Wallström, Neelie Kroes and Diana Wallis calling on Heads of States and Governments to appoint more women to top jobs
Agenda
- 27/11
- VP Margot WALLSTRÖM participates in a workshop on "Citizens' consultations – Learning from the past, looking towards the future", bringing together non-governmental organisations, participatory democracy experts and EU officials from all Commission services and other EU institutions and bodies debating on the future development of EU-level or EU-related citizens' consultations, European Commission, Berlaymont building, Brussels
- 12h00 VP Margot WALLSTRÖM attends a lunch event organised by The EU Club of Sweden as guest speaker on the topic "My ten years with the EU – reflections and forward looking", Stanhope Hotel, Brussels
- 20/11
- VP Margot WALLSTRÖM gives a key-note speech at the High Level Meeting of the Permanent Intergovernmental Group L'Europe de l'Enfance: "Communicating via Internet - engaging with youth. Opportunities & risks in an online world", Stockholm
- 19/11
- 09h00 VP Margot WALLSTRÖM gives a welcome speech at the conference on “Women in Europe: Reaching Parity” at the European Parliament, Brussels