Report on the application of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative

Further information:

Since this tool entered into force in 2012, an estimated 9 million Europeans from all 28 Member States has thus far supported a European Citizens' Initiative. Four successful initiatives collected over 1 million signatures each and the European Commission committed to follow-up actions on 3 of them.

Background information:

European Citizens' Initiatives were introduced with the Lisbon Treaty and launched as an agenda-setting tool in the hands of citizens in April 2012, upon the entry into force of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation which implements the Treaty provisions.

Once formally registered, a European Citizens' Initiative allows one million citizens from at least one quarter of EU Member States to invite the European Commission to propose a legal act in areas where the Commission has the power to do so.

+ First report on the application of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens' initiative, March 2015

The European Commission adopted on 28 March 2018 its second report on the application of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release, 28.03.18: European Citizens' Initiative: 9 million citizens have got involved in EU law-making http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-2563_en.htm

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

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