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... on the Green Paper on a European Citizens' Initiative which accompanies the proposal for a Regulation...... on the citizens’ initiative. The consultation elicited 329 replies from a broad range of stakeholders, including...... the need for the procedures and conditions for the citizens' initiative to be simple, user-friendly...... for supporting a citizens' initiative across the EU. ...... of the citizens’ initiative. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council...... functioning of the Union by providing a citizens' initiative right whereby one million citizens may invite...... of the citizens' initiative are enshrined in the Treaty. In particular, the Treaty requires that the signatories...... of a citizens' initiative should number at least one million and that they should come from a...... the procedures and conditions for how the citizens' initiative will function in practice. Given...... and conditions for the citizens' initiative to be simple, user-friendly and accessible to all EU citizens...

... PURPOSE: to reform the European Citizens’ Initiative in order to facilitate its organisation...... with the Council. BACKGROUND: the instrument of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) was introduced...... number of online systems for the European citizens’ initiative which the Commission will put in place...... to support a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) : the proposal aims to replace Regulation 211/2011...... on the citizens’ initiative in order to improve the way the ECI operates, the main strategic objectives being...... citizens’ initiative. The Commission shall make available an online collaborative platform to support...... and assistance to groups of organisers who are setting up a European citizens’ initiative. Group...... citizens’ initiative, the Commission shall, within 12 months after the publication of the initiative...... Citizens' Initiative (ECI) EU citizens have the right to address the Commission directly with a request...... PURPOSE: to reform the Citizens' Initiative instrument in order to facilitate its organisation...

... on the European Citizens’ Initiative. Members welcomed the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which was a new...

..., RO) on the implementation of the Regulations on the European citizens’ initiative. The European...... Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is one of the main innovations introduced by the Lisbon Treaty in terms...... of democratic participation and is the first transnational citizens' initiative mechanism in the world...... on the implementation of the regulations on the European Citizens' Initiative. Parliament has always been a strong...... supporter of the idea of making the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) an effective and user-friendly...