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+title: European Commission - European Citizen panel
+date: 2025-06-02T22:00:00.000Z
+client: European Commission
+logotype: /uploads/LOGO CE_EN_RGB_VERTICAL_POS.svg
+image: /uploads/European Citizen Panel 2025.png
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+  Digidem Lab supports the European Commission’s democracy-strengthening
+  citizens’ panels.
+partners:
+  - Sortition Foundation
+year: 2025 - 2026.
+links:
+  - title: Read more here
+    url: 'https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/index_en'
+ref: SORT-EU
+lang: en
+categories: _themes/medborgarrad.md
+---
+
+The European Commission has introduced citizens’ panels as a recurring feature of democratic life in the EU, with the aim of strengthening citizens’ participation in political decision-making. Each panel brings together 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 Member States. The participants reflect Europe’s diversity, and the panels are tasked with discussing and providing recommendations on key political issues that affect the entire Union.
+
+The European Commission aims to carry out three citizens’ panels for adults during 2025–2026 and one youth panel in 2025.
+
+Digidem Lab is involved in the random selection process in Sweden through the partner network SORT-EU, coordinated by the Sortition Foundation.
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+(Image Source: [European Citizens' Panel on the New EU Budget](https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/european-citizens-panel-new-european-budget_sv#paragraph_682 "Image Source SORT-EU"))