Coordinator of the European Citizens’ Initiative Campaign
The Commissions’ Greenbook raises many essential questions concerning the role of future ECIs and the EU-Commission itself. This includes time-limits for ECIs and other hurdles an ECI has to overcome such as “how many countries constitute a significant number of member states?” And “how many of (…)
Tuesday 15 December 2009
The Lisbon Treaty entered into force (December 1) and various groups have contacted us seeking for advice on how to prepare and conduct a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). Educational issues are at stake, calling for a new structure of the European Bachelor/Master study programme (we (…)
Friday 11 December 2009
One of the twenty European Citizens’ Initiatives is about the European Citizens’ Initiative itself – or, more precisely, about the detailed rules for implementing this new direct-democratic instrument at the transnational level. Carsten Berg outlines the pan-European campaign to bring the people (…)
Sunday 28 October 2007
Il y a un an les chefs d’États des pays membres annoncent une phase de réflexion sur le futur de l’Union Européenne. Reconnecter les citoyens européens avec les institutions semble être la clé, mais aujourd’hui encore leurs intentions ne sont pas claires.
Monday 4 September 2006
Un anno fa i capi di stato e di governo annunciarono una fase di riflessione sul futuro dell’Europa. Riconciliare i cittadini europei con le istituzioni sembrava essere la chiave del problema, ma ancora oggi rimane indecifrabile cosa intendono fare. Parallelamente, molti cittadini europei e (…)
Saturday 22 July 2006
One year ago the European Heads of State declared a phase of reflection on the future of Europe. Reconnecting European citizens with institutions seemed to be the key, but still today it remains totally unclear what they want to do. In parallel many European citizens and civil society (…)
Wednesday 12 July 2006
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