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The European Citizens' Initiative - 10 February 2011 - LinksDossier

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is the EU's foremost instrument of direct democracy and the first of its kind in a transnational context. Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, will be used from 1 April 2012.

The European Citizens' Initiative: Next step, implementation - 16 December 2010 - Analysis

The rules for the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) will place politically sensitive burdens on the European Commission while offering the European Parliament new opportunities to engage with its voters, argue Corina Stratulat and Janis A. Emmanouilidis, analysts at the European Policy Centre (EPC). Failure to clearly specify not only the potential but also the limits of the ECI could in the end breed popular frustration with the new instrument, which would have detrimental effects across the board, they warn. 

EU institutions close in on citizens' petitions - 02 December 2010 - News

Representatives of all three EU institutions this week outlined an agreement on implementing the European Citizens' Initiative, paving the way for the first petitions to be accepted next year once outstanding issues have been ironed out later this month. 

Socialists plan 'Citizens' Initiative' on taxing speculation - 03 September 2010 - News

The Socialists may become the first to use the new European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) introduced by the Lisbon Treaty in their bid to request new EU legislation on taxing financial speculation, according to their leader Martin Schulz.

A Revolution in Disguise: The European Citizens' Initiative - 01 September 2010 - Analysis

Despite being undiscovered by many, the European Citizens' Initiative plants the seeds for the creation of a common European sphere and genuine European parties, write Dominik Hierlemann and Anna Wohlfarth in an August commentary for the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

Ministers pave way for first EU 'Citizens' Initiatives' - 15 June 2010 - News

EU governments yesterday (14 June) outlined a "general approach" to the European Citizens' Initiative, paving the way for citizens to call on the European Commission to table legislative proposals on specific issues. 

Šefčovič: EEAS to reach ‘balanced’ representation by 2013 - 10 May 2010 - Interview

The European External Action Service (EEAS) plans to achieve an inter-institutional balance by filling member states' quotas by 2013, Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission vice-president responsible for inter-institutional relations and administration, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

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