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Active Citizenship Network (ACN) officially began in December of 2001 as the European and international branch of the Italian citizen movement, Cittadinanzattiva (Active Citizenship). Its mission is to promote and support the construction of a European citizenship as an “active citizenship” meaning the exercise of powers and responsibilities of citizens in policy making. This recognizes the prior role of national and local citizens’ organizations and their strengthening as participants in policy making. It also requires an enrichment of the concept of subsidiarity in the European Union to include the relationship between institutions and citizens, in order that institutions favor the free initiative of citizens, both as individuals and as organizations, in carrying out activities directed to the common interest.
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