Information on "Popular Initiatives"
September 2011
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Sep 2011
The European Citizens' Initiative: A Useful Instrument for Public Participation?
Author: Christoph Schnellbach
Publisher: Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP)
The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) allows citizens from April 2012 to call directly on the European Commission to propose a legal act within the framework of its powers. More on «The European Citizens' Initiative: A Useful Instrument for Public Participation?»
October 2010
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26 Oct 2010
European Citizens’ Initiative: An Instrument of EU Direct Democracy
Author: Agata Gostyńska
Publisher: Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
A group of at least one million EU citizens will be able to invite the European Commission (EC) to submit a legislation proposal. More on «European Citizens’ Initiative: An Instrument of EU Direct Democracy»
August 2010
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Aug 2010
Europäische Bürgerinitiative: Neuerung mit Sprengkraft
Author: Dominik Hierlemann, Anna Wohlfarth
Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation
Die Europäische Bürgerinitiative ist ein von vielen bisher kaum bemerktes Element des Vertrags von Lissabon. More on «Europäische Bürgerinitiative: Neuerung mit Sprengkraft»
January 2010
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8 Jan 2010
The European Citizens' Initiative
Author: Piotr Maciej Kaczyński
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
One of the first institutional innovations provided for in the Lisbon Treaty is the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), the aim of which is to engage European citizens with the European project, help mobilise civil society and strengthen pan-Europea... More on «The European Citizens' Initiative»
October 2009
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Oct 2009
Die Europäische Bürgerinitiative
Author: Andreas Maurer, Stephan Vogel
Publisher: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Der Vertrag von Lissabon schafft ein neuartiges direktdemokratisches Instrument in Form der Europäischen Bürgerinitiative (EBI). More on «Die Europäische Bürgerinitiative »
