Translation of "Année européenne de la citoyenneté active " (French → English) :

European Active Citizenship Year

European Year of Citizenship through Education | EYCE [Abbr.]

European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship | European Year of Volunteering | EYV [Abbr.]

(5) In its Resolution of 15 December 2010 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Parliament called on the Commission to devote the 2013 European Year to citizenship in order to give momentum to the debate on Union citizenship and inform Union citizens of their new rights and freedoms, in particular the new rights resulting from the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, such as the "European Citizens' Initiative" and the individual rights laid down in the Charter.

Having all these in mind, the rapporteur considers that the European Year of Citizenship provides a great momentum to increase citizens' awareness on Union citizenship and to stimulate (a) citizens' participation in the democratic life of the Union and (b) to tackle the democratic deficits and the high percentage of abstention in European elections.

11. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to declare 2013 the ‘European Year of Citizenship’ in order to give momentum to the debate on European citizenship and inform EU citizens of their rights and of the democratic instruments available to them to assert those rights; takes the view that the ‘European Year of Citizenship’ should be used for the broad dissemination of information on the new ‘European citizens’ initiative’, in order to forestall a high rate of inadmissibility comparable to the rate that is still to be found in the ‘petitions’ field; considers that at the same ...[+++] time a debate should be opened on the limited scope of the ‘Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union’;

11. Welcomes the Commission's decision to declare 2013 the ‘European Year of Citizenship’ in order to give momentum to the debate on European citizenship and inform EU citizens of their rights and of the democratic instruments available to them to assert those rights; takes the view that the ‘European Year of Citizenship’ should be used for the broad dissemination of information on the new ‘European citizens’ initiative‘, in order to forestall a high rate of inadmissibility comparable to the rate that is still to be found in the ’petitions' field; considers that at the same ...[+++] time a debate should be opened on the limited scope of the ‘Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union’;