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ECI Petition handover in Brussels, October 2016
24-10-2016
Einen Tag bevor die EU-Kommission ihr Arbeitsprogramm für das Jahr 2017 vorstellt, haben die Organisationen Democracy International, Mehr Demokratie und The ECI Campaign in Brüssel 40.996 Unterschriften für eine Reform der Europäischen Bürgerinitiative (EBI) an Antoine Colombani...
ECI Petition handover in Brussels, October 2016
24-10-2016
One day ahead of the presentation of the Commission Work Programme for 2017, the organisations Democracy International, Mehr Demokratie and The ECI Campaign handed over 40,996 signatures to Mr. Antoine Colombani, Member of Cabinet of Vice-President Frans Timmermans, for a reform...
Bruno Kaufmann and Michel Cermak "from Stop TTIP" (right) at ECI Conference in Brussels
09-05-2016
Whether on basic income or animal protection, social insurance or basic rights, citizens’ initiatives give the people a voice both in Switzerland and in the EU. What Switzerland and Europe have in common – and where they differ Whether on basic income or animal protection,...
03-05-2016
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) shows a very poor track record of success: Since becoming operational in 2012, only three out of 56 presented ECIs finally reached the European Commission. Is there leeway to improve this rate of success? Maria Celeste Petrini, a PhD...
The campaigners meet with MEPs in Strasbourg on 28 October
01-04-2016
Im Februar 2016 hat die EU-Kommission bekannt gegeben, dass sie die Regeln der Europäischen Bürgerinitiative nicht verbessern wird. Damit widersetzt sich die Kommission der Forderung des Euroäischen Parlaments und von tausenden von EU-Bürgern, die eine Reform des einzigen...
19-04-2016
20 April 2016 is the fifth "ECI Day" taking place in Brussels. On the occasion of the one-day-conference, scholars, practitioners and academics gather to discuss the workings of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) and how to improve the only instrument of participatory...
06-04-2016
On Wednesday 6 April 2016, the organisations Democracy International, The ECI Campaign and Mehr Demokratie e.V. launched a petition to protest against the European Commission’s unwillingness to reform the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). In October 2015 the alliance of...
The campaigners meet with MEPs in Strasbourg on 28 October
01-04-2016
In February 2016 the European Commission declared it would not improve the legislation of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). This refusal occurred in spite of demands by the European Parliament and by thousands of people from all across Europe to reform the instrument of...
The constitutional committee voting on ECI reform proposals on 28 September 2015
10-02-2016
Am 28. Oktober 2015 stimmte das Europäische Parlament mit eindeutiger Mehrheit für die Resolution der Europäischen Bürgerinitiative (EBI). Die folgende Tabelle bietet eine Übersicht über jede einzelne Forderung, die Eingang in die Resolution gefunden hat. Sie zeigt auf, welche...
The constitutional committee voting on ECI reform proposals on 28 September 2015
10-02-2016
On 28 October 2015 the European Parliament (EP) voted with an overwhelming majority in favour of the Resolution on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). The following table lists each demand included in the Resolution and indicates what action would be needed – and whether a...

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