Une plateforme en ligne pour soutenir les ICE
Lors de la journée de l'ICE cette semaine, la Commission européenne a annoncé le lancement d'une nouvelle plateforme en ligne pour soutenir les organisateurs des Initiatives Citoyennes Européennes (ICE). La plateforme a pour objectif ambitieux de faire franchir le cap d'un...
Under construction: the ECI
This year's European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) Day showed once again that the world's first and only transnational tool of direct democracy is very much a work in progress. Daniela Vancic, European Programme Manager at Democracy International glances ahead at the upcoming...
En cours de construction: l'ICE
Cette année, la Journée de l'ICE a montré une fois de plus que le premier et unique outil transnational de démocratie directe au monde est un travail en cours. Daniela Vancic, responsable du programme européen chez Democracy International, jette un coup d'œil sur la révision...
ECI Day 2018: Working together
On April 10, 2018, the ECI Day took place in Brussels for the seventh time, with the main organiser and host once again being the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). In addition to organisational partners such as Democracy International, European Citizen Action...
“We are fighting with unequal means”
In a last-minute bit of good news ahead of this year’s ECI Day, the ‘Minority SafePack’ European Citizens’ Initiative announced that they had reached the hurdle of one million signatures required for their proposals to be taken into consideration by the EU Commission. That the...
"Nous nous battons avec des moyens inégaux"
Dans une bonne nouvelle en dernière minute avant la Journée de l'ICE cette année, l'initiative citoyenne européenne "Minority SafePack" a annoncé qu'elle avait atteint le seuil du million de signatures nécessaires pour que ses propositions soient prises en considération par la...
Journée ECI 2018: Travailler ensemble
Le 10 avril 2018, la septième édition de la Journée de l'ICE a eu lieu à Bruxelles, l'organisateur et l'hôte principal étant à nouveau le Comité Économique et Social Européen (CESE). Outre les partenaires organisationnels tels que Democracy International, European Citizen Action...
An online platform to support ECIs
At ECI Day this week, the European Commission announced the launch of a new online platform to support organisers of European Citizens' Initiatives. The platform has the ambitious goal of getting more ECIs across the one million signatures finish line, by offering professional...
How the Dutch government is trying to delete the referendum law
Having entered into force barely 3 years ago, the Dutch Referendum law is now under threat. The newly elected Government wants to abolish the law and have had their first succes when their Repeal Law passed the Dutch Lower House last month. Arjen Nijeboer, Democracy...
The missed opportunity of direct demoracy in Peru
After almost a century of politically and economically turbulent times, Peru has re-established democratic governance since 2001. In the 1980s, the country was dominated by the terror of the' Shining Path'. In the 1990s it suffered from hyperinflation. And while during the...