Join the debate with Commissioner Maria Damanaki & MEP Spyros Danellis. It will take place at St Mark Basilica in Heraklio, Crete.

You can participate online during the event via this website, where you can watch the live stream and make comments.

Alternatively, submit comments by using the Twitter hashtag #EUdeb8. You can also submit comments on debate topics using Facebook.

What are the dialogues about?

This dialogue is one of series the Commission is holding in cities in every EU country, giving ordinary people an opportunity to speak directly to EU politicians about their rights, the kind of Europe they want to live in, and expectations for the European Union.

They follow a call by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso for an EU-wide debate on proposals to deepen Economic and Monetary Union, and to create a legitimate political union.

“There must be a broad debate all over Europe. A debate of truly European dimension,” he said. “We cannot continue trying to solve European problems just with national solutions. This debate has to take place in our societies and among our citizens”.

The debates are part of the 2013 European Year of Citizens: an entire year dedicated to your rights as a European citizen.