In the run-up to the 2009 Euro-elections, the European Citizens’ Consultations 2009 (ECC 2009) brought together randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States to discuss key challenges facing the EU with each other, and then with policy-makers. ECC 2009 focused on the issues currently of greatest concern to EU citizens, seeking to answer the question: ‘What can the EU do to shape our economic and social future in a globalised world?’
