http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200201-225821-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-conference-on-the-future-of-europe-an-open-letter/ The Conference on the Future of Europe: an Open Letter Alemanno, Alberto Nicolaidis, Kalypso Milanese, Niccoló eng 2020-02-01 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 democracy European Union participation Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 To the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the EU Commission and of the Council: Europe, and your new, yet already contested, political leadership can hardly afford to be associated with an initiative that might soon be perceived as top-down, unauthentic, outdated and out-of-touch with EU citizens’ daily lives.