Thijs Berman

Thijs Berman is a former social-democrat MEP (2004-2014) from the Netherlands. Before entering politics, he was a journalist and correspondent for various Dutch media in Paris and in Moscow. Currently, he works in Amsterdam as an independent consultant.

Toward a citizens’ Europe

EU referendum debates in the Netherlands show that decades of democratisation have led to a new kind of a citizen that demands to be heard.

By Thijs Berman

/ 9 Mar 2016