Press Release: Commission proposes new programme ‘Citizens for Europe’ for the period 2007-2013

As part of the new generation of Community actions programmes for the period 2007-2013, the European Commission adopted on 7 April 2005 a proposal for a programme for the promotion of active European citizenship. This programme, with a budget of EUR 207 million for the whole period, was planned to take over the current programme coming to an end in 2006 and was a contribution to addressing a major challenge of the European Union, namely how to bridge the gap between the citizens and the European Union.