The Dialogue and Debate section in this issue, is devoted to the theme: ‘European governance and civil society’. We bring an essay by Carlo Ruzza on this topic. The author illustrates some distinctive ‘modes of action’ applied by civil society organizations and civic groups in relation to European governance processes. The author points out, that “civil society has come to play a central and multi-dimensional role in the European system of governance”. In this context, civil society is conceptualized in a way, that reflects “the values of European policies, for which a thriving civil society is a means to promote active citizen-ship, and modify citizens’ preferences in the direction emerging from the process of European construction”.

Read more in the fifth issue of CINEFOGO Newsletter.