Une réponse au Brexit : organiser l’Assemblée instituante européenne

The author proposes an 'Instituting Assembly' to move beyond the market-driven unification of Europe and the limitations of traditional representative democracy. This process would use deliberative democracy and random selection to engage citizens in defining European values, governance, and economic models. The proposed two-stage process begins with local assemblies in cities and regions to bypass national interests, followed by a European-level assembly of 1,000 delegates. The goal is to establish a genuine community of destiny capable of addressing global challenges, such as climate change, before potentially submitting a consensus-based project to a pan-European referendum.

• The author contends that the European project has been built primarily on market unification and the free movement of goods, people, and capital, which has failed to create a genuine community of destiny and has instead made Europe a 'ventre mou de la mondialisation'.
• The document proposes an 'Instituting Assembly' (Assemblée instituante) as a deliberative process to determine how a community is formed and how a shared destiny emerges, distinguishing it from a 'Constituent Assembly' (Assemblée constituante) which would focus solely on writing a new treaty.
• The proposed process consists of two stages: first, local assemblies of approximately 60 randomly selected citizens in candidate cities or regions to avoid the constraints of 'national interests'; second, a European assembly of 1,000 delegates meeting for ten days to a month to synthesize proposals.
• The author argues that the 21st century requires the emergence of communities of destiny that reflect irreversible interdependencies, specifically citing climate change as a primary example of such a reality.
• The success of the Instituting Assembly depends on the support of European leaders to provide resources, encourage regional participation, and ensure that European institutions (Council, Parliament, Commission, Committee of the Regions, and EESC) thoroughly examine the resulting citizen proposals.

APA

Calame, P. (2016). Une réponse au Brexit : organiser l’Assemblée instituante européenne. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-reponse-au-brexit-organiser-lassemblee-instituante-europeenne/

Chicago

Calame, Pierre. Une réponse au Brexit : organiser l’Assemblée instituante européenne. Green European Journal, 2016. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-reponse-au-brexit-organiser-lassemblee-instituante-europeenne/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{calame2016une, author = {Calame, Pierre}, title = {{Une réponse au Brexit : organiser l’Assemblée instituante européenne}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2016}, month = oct, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-reponse-au-brexit-organiser-lassemblee-instituante-europeenne/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }