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Conference on the Future of Europe’s first citizens’ panels to be held in Strasbourg on 19 June
The citizens’ panels will be an opportunity for the public to have their say on future EU reforms.
11 May 2021
The first of the citizens’ panels of the will be held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 19 June, it has been confirmed.
Civil society is supposed to be at the heart of the conference, which finally got going over the weekend, and the citizens’ panels will be a chance for the public to have their say on future EU reforms.
The long-awaited kick-off event went ahead in Strasbourg on Sunday despite fears that disagreements over the way the conference will operate might lead to its cancellation.
Concerns have risen on potential side-effects of the Anglo-Swedish COVID-19 vaccine.
Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday it is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received the shots, a move that comes after it found the vaccine may have caused very rare blood clotting cases.
While the regulator has maintained that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh any risks, several European countries have limited use to older age groups or suspended use altogether.
In answer to a question at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the move towards what he sees are more effective vaccines against new variants of COVID-19, calling it “pragmatic”.
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