The European Citizens’ Initiative

Information sources tracing the negotiations between the EU Institutions and the Member States to create the European Citizens' Initiative, 2009-2011.

• Primary Source

European Voice, 25.3.10: Power to the people? http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/power-to-the-people-/67499.aspx

ESO: Background information: Green Paper on a European Citizens' Initiative http://www.europeansources.info/record/green-paper-on-a-european-citizens-initiative/

ESO: Background information: European Commission launches public consultation on the Citizens' Initiative http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-launches-public-consultation-on-the-citizens-initiative/

European Ombudsman: Contribution to the public consultation on the European Citizens' Initiative, January 2010 http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/resources/otherdocument.faces/fr/4592/html.bookmark

ECI-Campaign: European Citizens' Initiative http://www.citizens-initiative.eu/

European Commission: Secretariat-General: The European Citizens' Initiative http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/index_en.htm

The European Journal, 13.11.09: European Citizens' Initiative, a waste of time and money http://europeanjournal.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/04/european-citizens-initiative-a-waste-of-time-and-money.html

Blogactiv.eu.14.4.10: Blogtour: first reactions to the ECI proposal http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2010/04/14/blogtour-first-reactions-to-the-eci-proposal/

European Commission: COM (2010)119: Proposal for a Regulation ... on the citizens' initiative http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/docs/com_2010_119_en.pdf

EurActiv, 6.5.10: EU commissioner vows to block 'silly' petitions http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/eu-commissioner-vows-block-silly-news-493794

EurActiv, 30.3.10: EU to kick off citizens' initiative with tougher rules http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/eu-kick-citizens-initiative-toug-news-393068

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/10/178: Agreement on draft regulation implementing the European citizens' initiative http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/115169.pdf

European Parliament: Press Release, 20.4.10: EU direct democracy: citizens' initiative rights should be clear, simple, and safe, say MEPs http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/016-73036-109-04-17-902-20100419IPR73035-19-04-2010-2010-false/default_en.htm

El Pais, 22.1.10: A million citizens can change the Union http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/172971-million-citizens-can-change-union

Blog: Jon Worth: See no citizens, hear no citizens, speak to no citizens – the institutional approach to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI), July 2010 http://www.jonworth.eu/see-no-citizens-hear-no-citizens-speak-to-no-citizens-the-institutional-approach-to-the-european-citizens-initiative-eci/

http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/mep-wants-scrap-entry-threshold-citizens-petitions-news-496480 http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/mep-wants-scrap-entry-threshold-citizens-petitions-news-496480

European Parliament: Press Release, 5.10.10: Hearing on citizens' initiative rules: "we don't want red tape" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20101004IPR84968

YouTube: European Parliament: Power to the People, July 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQogL-Mt91Q

European Policy Centre: Policy Brief, June 2010: Implementing Lisbon: a critical appraisal of the Citizens’ Initiative http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=3&pub_id=1135

ESO: Background information: Gather a million signatures and ask the EU to pass a new law http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-gather-a-million-signatures-and-ask-the-eu-to-pass-a-new-law/

European Commission: Press Release: IP/10/1720: Commission welcomes agreement on European Citizens' Initiative http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1720&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Blog: On Europe Now, 3.8.10: The European Citizens Initiative: A Pandora’s Box? http://oneuropenow.blogactiv.eu/2010/08/03/the-european-citizens-initiative-a-pandora%e2%80%99s-box/

EurActiv, 21.3.11: Experts strive to make citizens' initiative work http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/experts-strive-citizens-initiati-news-503261

European Parliament: Press Release, 30.11.10: MEPs vote for a more user-friendly citizens' initiative http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20101129IPR02708

ESO: Background information: European Citizens' Initiative – one year on http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-european-citizens-initiative-one-year-on/

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