Press Release: Giving Citizens a Say: Commission Report on European Citizens’ Initiatives

On 31 March 2015, the European Commission published a Report looking at the application of the European Citizens' Initiative, three years after the launch of the ECI on the 1 April 2012.

In the three years an estimated six million Europeans have supported European Citizens' Initiatives (ECI) and used their voice to bring important causes directly to the attention of European policy makers.

However, the report acknowledged that there was still room to improve the process and identified a number of possible issues for further discussion with stakeholders and institutions.

Democracy International: Democracy: ECI Support Center https://www.democracy-international.org/eu-citizens-initiative

EUObserver, 01.04.15: EU democracy tool fails to reach citizens https://euobserver.com/political/128210

ESO: Background information: Implementation of the European Citizens' Initiative. The experience of the first three years http://www.europeansources.info/record/implementation-of-the-european-citizens-initiative-the-experience-of-the-first-three-years/

ESO: Key Source: The European Citizens' Initiative http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-citizens-initiative/

EurActv, 01.04.15: [Opinion]: European Citizens‘ Initiative: Commission admits need for improvement http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/european-citizens-initiative-commission-admits-need-improvement-313455

Blog: The Active Citizens of Europe Award Holder, 16.04.15: The European Citizens Initiative, one more illusion of giving voice to its citizens ! http://marsidabandilli.blogactiv.eu/2015/04/16/the-european-citizens-initiative-one-more-illusion-of-giving-voice-to-its-citizens/

Council of the European Union: Events: The European citizens' initiative and the promise of participatory democracy, 16 June 2015 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/events/eci-conference/

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