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Auer, Andres. "European Citizens' Initiative." European Constitutional Law Review 1, no. 1 (2004): 79–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1574019605000799.

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The European citizens' initiative (ECI) is a new device of participatory democracy, which has its own characteristics, unknown to date at any level of national or trans-national government. It is designed to allow the citizens to take an active role within the law-making process of the EU. The specific features of this process affect the legal nature as well as the functioning of the new participatory device. Both will depend strongly on the European law, which shall determine the procedures and conditions required for the ECI.

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Organ, James. "Decommissioning Direct Democracy? A Critical Analysis of Commission Decision-Making on the Legal Admissibility of European Citizens Initiative Proposals." European Constitutional Law Review 10, no. 3 (2014): 422–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s157401961400131x.

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European Citizens' Initiative – Direct democracy: power to the people? – Legal framework of the Citizen's Initiative – Review and critical analysis of Commission Registration decisions for European Citizens' Initiative proposals – Admissibility criteria – Inconsistency in registration decisions – Increased legal burden on European citizens' initiative organisers – Institutional mediation or direct democracy?

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Doliwa-Klepacka, Anna. "Uwarunkowania prawne europejskiej inicjatywy obywatelskiej – od pierwotnych założeń do postulowanych zmian." Przegląd europejski 2 (March 5, 2019): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0806.

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The aim of the article is to analyse legal regulations on the conditions for pursuing the European Citizens’ Initiative. First, the requirements for pursuing the initiative and collecting the necessary statements of support and submitting an initiative to the Commission are presented. Afterwards, the scope of responsibilities (and discretion) of the Commission in relation to the pursued initiatives is discussed. In addition, the article proposes a thesis that the European Citizens’ Initiative is an important instrument to support democratisation in the European Union, but the possibilities of

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Yocheva, Katerina. "Legal Regulation Regarding European Citizens’ Initiative." Yearbook of the Law Department 8, no. 9 (2019): 244–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.33919/yldnbu.19.9.8.

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The paper is dedicated to analysis of the legal regulation regarding the European Citizens’ Initiative, which is part of the relevant EU law (primary and secondary EU law), as well as regarding the respective relevant provisions stemming from the national legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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Balls, Michael. "The European Citizens’ Stop Vivisection Initiative." Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 43, no. 3 (2015): 147–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026119291504300302.

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Daniel, Katarzyna. "Europejska inicjatywa obywatelska — niewykorzystany potencjał w Polsce?" Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem 41, no. 3 (2019): 181–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.41.3.11.

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THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE — UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN POLAND?The activity of citizens in the modern world goes far beyond the borders of nation-states. Decisions taken at other levels, e.g. in the European Union, are increasingly affecting the quality of life. The conviction about the imperfection of the functioning of democracy in the European Union was the main reason for starting the debate on the introduction of direct democracy instruments. The discussion on the role of the European Citizens’ Initiative indicated the possibility of increasing the level of participation in political li

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Tárnok, Balázs. "The Szekler National Council’s European Citizens’ Initiative." Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law 4, no. 1 (2016): 489–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.5553/hyiel/266627012016004001029.

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Athanasiadou, Natassa. "The European citizens’ initiative: Lost in admissibility?" Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 26, no. 2 (2019): 251–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1023263x18824772.

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The present article aims to examine the admissibility requirements of the European Citizens’ Initiative in the light of primary law provisions and general principles, in particular the principles of conferral, participatory democracy, legal certainty, protection of legitimate expectations and good administration, as reflected in the recent case law of the General Court. More specifically, it is examined how these principles and the primary law features of the instrument provide a clear theoretical underpinning for determining its material scope and serve as guidance for the legislator when reg

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Zdanowicz, Mieczysława. "The European citizens’ initiative. Over one million support, and what next?" Przegląd europejski 4 (February 2, 2020): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.7887.

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The subject of the analysis in this article are European citizens’ initiatives, which during 12 months gained the support of over 1 million of the EU citizens from at least seven Member States. The aim of the article is to examine, what actions have been taken in these matters by the European Commission. The following research questions were posed: (1) What was the effect of the Commission’s call to submit, under its power, proposals, for which, in the opinion of the citizens supporting the initiative, the application of the Treaties requires a legal act of the Union? (2) What actions has the

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Weisskircher, Manès. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: Mobilization Strategies and Consequences." Political Studies 68, no. 3 (2019): 797–815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032321719859792.

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Research on the European Citizens’ Initiative has neglected the crucial role of social movements. This article contributes to the study of mobilization strategies and campaign consequences through two novel arguments: First, in explaining successful mobilization, I argue that the European Citizens’ Initiative as a political opportunity structure incentivizes the organization of nationally focused campaigns centred in at least one large, that is, populous state, instead of Europe-wide activism. Second, in explaining the multiple consequences of European Citizens’ Initiative mobilization, I show

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DIACONU, Nicoleta. "EUROPEAN CITIZENS INITIATIVE- THE BASIC ELEMENT OF EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION DEMOCRACY." Jurnalul de Studii Juridice 13, no. 1-2 (2018): 27–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/jls/19.

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Hrbek, Rudolf. "National and European Political Parties and the European Citizens’ Initiative." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 370–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702579.

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Greenwood, Justin. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: bringing the EU closer to its citizens?" Comparative European Politics 17, no. 6 (2018): 940–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41295-018-0138-x.

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Parol, Agnieszka. "The European Citizens’ Initiative Reform: Does it Matter?" Review of European and Comparative Law 40, no. 1 (2020): 67–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/recl.5574.

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The reform of the entered into force at the beginning of 2020. The changes are intended to popularize and to give effect to the ECI, especially through the strengthening of the position of this tool as an instrument of e-democracy and the reinforcing of the principle of subsidiarity and the model of multi-level governance. The reform is a step in the right direction, however, it is rather unlikely that it could boost the ECI as an instrument of indirect legislative initiative, which so far has had little impact. The sheer scale of this issue can be illustrated by the juxtaposition of the over

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Organ, James. "EU citizen participation, openness and the European Citizens Initiative: The TTIP legacy." Common Market Law Review 54, Issue 6 (2017): 1713–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/cola2017147.

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This paper analyses the European Citizens Initiative, consultation, and transparency in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, to assess what it tells us about EU citizen participation and the principle of openness. It focuses on the institutional mediation of citizen participation and the degree to which the Commission facilitates such participation and accepts citizen influence over policy-making in EU external affairs. Three categories of openness are used in the analysis: institutional transparency with little or no participation; a democrati

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Zdanowicz, Mieczysława. "Europejska inicjatywa obywatelska. Nieefektywnie wykorzystane pokłady społecznej aktywności." Przegląd europejski 2 (March 5, 2019): 105–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0828.

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The main purpose of this article is the analysis of the practice of using the European citizens’ initiative. Initiatives which were refused for registration; withdrawn; and those with insufficient support were analysed. Conducted research shows that it is valuable initiative for democratisation of the European Union. However, high ratio of refusal of registration and low quantity of successful initiatives indicates necessity of carrying out changes in current law.

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Yocheva, Katerina. "Data Protection Requirement for a Successful European Citizen’s Initiative." Yearbook of the Law Department 9, no. 10 (2022): 242–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33919/yldnbu.20.9.8.

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Under consideration in the present article is the legal regulation of the data protection requirement with regard to European citizen’s initiatives (ECI). The legal regulation aims to guarantee that when organising and monitoring an ECI all the involved parties – organisers, Member States and the European commission–guarantee full data protection of the supporters to the given ECI. Regarding the review of Regulation (EU) 211/2011 there is reference to a technical study made in 2017, entitled Study on data requirements for the European Citizens’ Initiative. It was made with regard to one of the

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González Cadenas, Diego. "Facing Democratic Crisis in the EU: the New European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation." Global Journal of Comparative Law 9, no. 1 (2020): 117–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211906x-00901005.

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For some scholars, the possibilities for diminishing the European democratic deficit and the Union’s legitimacy crisis are intertwined with the creation of a European demos and a European public sphere, that, in turn, can create a European civil solidarity. The European citizens’ initiative, which has recently been re-regulated, was precisely designed to help to solve these problems. As we shall see, the new Regulation includes a whole series of positive technical issues that will improve the usage of the mechanism. However, the European citizens’ initiative is still far from being a popular i

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Magalhães Silva, Maria Manuela, Dora Resende Alves, and Maria João Ferreira. "La importancia de las nuevas tecnologías en la democracia participativa. El caso de la Iniciativa Ciudadana Europea." Doxa Comunicación. Revista interdisciplinar de estudios de comunicación y ciencias sociales, no. 28 (June 2019): 37–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n28a02.

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Democratic participation still is the way forward for societies that seek permanent peace through the exercise of active citizenship. Since 2012, the European Citizens’ Initiative instrument has emerged in the process of drafting legislative acts of the European Union. One of the facets of this citizenship is to enable citizens to become involved in decision-making through participation in the exercise of legislative initiative. The Lisbon Treaty introduced the right to the ECI. The aim is to actively involve citizens in the European decision-making, giving them an indirect form of legislative

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Petrescu, Oana Mariuca. "THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: A USEFUL INSTRUMENT FOR SOCIETY AND FOR CITIZENS?" Revista chilena de derecho 41, no. 3 (2014): 993–1015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0718-34372014000300009.

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Inglese, Marco. "Recent Trends in European Citizens Initiatives: The General Court Case Law and the Commissions Practice." European Public Law 24, Issue 2 (2018): 335–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/euro2018018.

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This article analyses recent trends in European citizens’ initiatives. Starting from the assumption that this instrument enhances the level of citizens’ democratic participation in European Union life, we will turn our attention to the case law developed by the General Court. Then we move on to an analysis of the principles of good administration and the duty to give reasons as a necessary counterbalance over the wide-ranging regulatory powers enjoyed by the Commission in all the phases of a European citizens’ initiative. Consequently, we depict the Commission as the real procedural gatekeeper

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Szeligowska, Dorota, and Elitsa Mincheva. "the European Citizens’ Initiative – Empowering European Citizens within the Institutional Triangle: A Political and Legal Analysis." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 270–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702572.

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Karatzia, Anastasia. "The European Citizens Initiative and Greek debt relief: Anagnostakis." Common Market Law Review 56, Issue 4 (2019): 1069–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/cola2019080.

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Conrad, Maximilian. "A Small-States Perspective on the European Citizens’ Initiative." Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 9, no. 2 (2013): 301. http://dx.doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.2.3.

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Greenwood, Justin. "the European Citizens’ Initiative and EU Civil Society Organisations." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 325–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702576.

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Longo, Erik. "The European Citizens’ initiative: too much democracy for EU polity?" German Law Journal 20, no. 2 (2019): 181–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2019.12.

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AbstractThis Article analyzes the state of democracy in the EU through the study of the European Citizens’ Initiative. The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) represents one of the main ways the European institutions chose during the making of the European Convention, and then reproduced in the Lisbon Treaty, to beat populism by bringing decision-making closer to the citizens and promoting a new legitimization of Europe’s political unity. This Article starts by arguing that if one wants to understand European versions of populism it is necessary to pay attention to the reason why “democratic d

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Dougan, Michael. "What are we to make of the citizens initiative?" Common Market Law Review 48, Issue 6 (2011): 1807–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/cola2011071.

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The citizens' initiative is a novel instrument for direct democratic participation in the functioning of the European Union which was introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and given effect through the adoption of Regulation 211/2011. This article examines the background, context and content of the Citizens' Initiative, before turning to consider two main sets of legal issues: who precisely a citizens' initiative may claim to represent; and what a citizens' initiative may realistically seek to achieve. It is argued that (on paper at least) the Treaties and Regulation 211/2011 have together created

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FAHEY, Elaine. "European Citizens Initiative “STOP TTIP” Can Proceed Says General Court." European Journal of Risk Regulation 8, no. 4 (2017): 787–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/err.2017.68.

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Bouza Garcia, Luis, and Justin Greenwood. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: A new sphere of EU politics?" Interest Groups & Advocacy 3, no. 3 (2014): 246–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/iga.2014.14.

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Greenwood, Justin, and Katja Tuokko. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: the territorial extension of a European political public sphere?" European Politics and Society 18, no. 2 (2016): 166–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1202234.

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Kielin-Maziarz, Joanna. "Efektywność Europejskiej Inicjatywy Obywatelskiej." Przegląd Konstytucyjny, no. 2 (2022) (July 2022): 89–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25442031pko.22.013.16011.

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Effectiveness of the European Citizens’ Initiative The European Citizens’ Initiative is a means by which two goals could be achieved in the European Union. Firstly, thanks to it, the deficit existing in the EU could be eliminated, and secondly, the citizens of the Union would gain a tool to create an EU-wide public sphere, within which they would have a real possibility of influencing the legislative actions taken by the EU. It formally happened. The European Citizens’ Initiative, adopted over 10 years ago, potentially creates such an opportunity. However, looking at the effectiveness of its f

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Armas Quintá, Francisco José, and José Carlos Macía Arce. "The Information Society in Europe: Policies to Stem the Digital Divide." Quaestiones Geographicae 32, no. 2 (2013): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0011.

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Abstract A Digital Agenda for Europe is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The main objective of this initiative consists of promoting ICT, especially the Internet, as a strategic tool to improve business, healthcare services, transport and social activity in a better global standard-of-living context. The Europe 2020 Strategy recommends broadband access for all European citizens by 2013 and higher Internet speeds (30 Mbps or above) by 2020. Nevertheless, what is the real position in the European regional and urban context? This article attempts to describe and

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Stoica, Camelia, and Marieta Safta. "Legislative initiative of citizens in Romania and at the European level." Acta Juridica Hungarica 55, no. 2 (2014): 163–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/ajur.55.2014.2.6.

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Waele, de Henri, and Ellen Mastenbroek. "Fulfilling High Hopes? The Legitimacy Potential of the European Citizens’ Initiative." Open Political Science 1, no. 1 (2018): 75–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/openps-2018-0004.

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AbstractThe European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) constitutes the Union’s first genuine instrument of direct democracy. The first experiences with regard to its deployment have however proved disappointing, criticism of the instrument is mounting, and suggestions for reform abound. This raises the question whether the ECI holds any genuine potential to enhance the legitimacy of the EU - or whether it should at least in this regard be considered an ineffective, misguided experiment instead. The current paper provides a response by triangulating three types of data: legal insight and argument, emp

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Conrad, Maximilian. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: Transnational Democracy in the EU at last?" Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration 7, no. 1 (2011): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2011.7.1.1.

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Cuesta-López, Víctor. "A Comparative Approach to the Regulation on the European Citizens’ Initiative." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 257–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702571.

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Murray, Michael. "Planning Through Dialogue for Rural Development: The European Citizens' Panel Initiative." Planning Practice and Research 23, no. 2 (2008): 265–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697450802327206.

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Świerczyński, Piotr. "Instytucjonalizacja społeczeństwa obywatelskiego z perspektywy prawa Unii Europejskiej." Acta Iuridica Resoviensia 32, no. 1 (2021): 221–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.15584/actaires.2021.1.18.

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The institutionalization of civil society in European Union law is a mechanism created as a result of various political, historical and cultural events. Civic society is the result of a specific historical process, but nevertheless it is constantly subjected to various changes, therefore it can be said that it is constantly being created “before our eyes”. Europe of citizens, understood as a postulate to identify the citizens of the European Union with European structures, is manifested, inter alia, in the institutions of European civil society shaped by these structures. These institutions in

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Votta, Mariano, Tiziana Toto, Cinzia Pollio, and Michaela Papavero. "Local public services and sustainable development goals: From a national perspective to a European joint action." Resources and Environmental Economics 3, no. 1 (2021): 245–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.25082/ree.2021.01.004.

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Local public services are a benchmark in the development of a sustainable society and attainment of the goals set by Agenda 2030. Therefore, it is necessary to gather information and hear directly from the citizens, who constantly deal with this realm, how their country performs in the provision of qualitative and sustainable services. In Italy, for instance, there is a low level of consideration and contentment in terms of the quality, management, and efficiency of public services. In particular, the local public transport sector stands out as the lowest rated by citizens. This manuscript has

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Besana, Flavio. "Proposals of European Citizens for Reviving the Future of Shrinking Areas." Quaestiones Geographicae 40, no. 4 (2021): 15–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0039.

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Abstract Shrinkage, depopulation and the related structural decline threaten development trajectories of more than a quarter of European territories from the present until 2050. In April 2021, the European Commission has launched the Conference on the Future of Europe to involve citizens and players beyond the traditional actors in shaping future policy agendas. The initiative consists of a wide-scale citizen engagement policy offering them a digital framework to actively contribute to the most relevant debates from April to December 2021. Given that shrinkage is a neglected theme in tradition

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Trzaskowski, Rafal. "The European Citizens’ Initiative: A Victory for Democracy or a Marketing Trick?" European View 9, no. 2 (2010): 263–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12290-010-0133-3.

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Kubin, Tomasz. "Znaczenie europejskiej inicjatywy obywatelskiej w kontekście deficytu demokracji w Unii Europejskiej." Politeja 15, no. 54 (2019): 107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/politeja.15.2018.54.07.

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The Importance of the European Citizens’ Initiative in the Context of Democratic Deficit in the European UnionOne of the instruments introduced into EU law on the basis of the Treaty of Lisbon for the first time, aimed at strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the functioning of the EU, is the European citizens’ initiative (ECI). The regulation on the ECI was adopted and entered into force in 2011 and started to apply from 1 April 2012. It seems, that almost six years of the functioning of the ECI is a sufficient period of time to try to assess its meaning to strengthen the democratic legi

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Montgomery, Seamus. "Miscommunicating across Borders: Ethnographic Reflections on EU Techniques of ‘Better Communication’ from Brussels." Journal of Dialogue Studies 8 (2020): 32–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/rwse7512.

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Whether stemming from rising inequality, economic stagnation, or technological disruption, global processes of transformation are changing European societies. With distrust in EU institutions at an all-time low, a perceived absence of a European demos or polity is attributed in part to the nonexistence of a European public square, a forum for direct communication between EU institutions and EU citizens. So-called ‘hearts and minds strategies’, such as Citizens’ Dialogues and the European Citizens’ Initiative, aim to go beyond the rhetorics of convergence criteria, stability mechanisms, and bai

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Erne, Roland, and Markus Blaser. "Direct democracy and trade union action." Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 24, no. 2 (2018): 217–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1024258918764079.

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Until recently, the political influence of trade unions primarily relied on ties to labour-friendly political parties. Since the 1990s, however, party-union relations have deteriorated, forcing unions to consider complementary political strategies. This article reviews different direct democratic instruments at local, national and EU levels. We distinguish popular consultations initiated by government from above from citizens’ initiatives initiated from below and discuss corresponding trade union experiences in Germany, Italy, Ireland, Slovenia and Switzerland. We also analyse the successful r

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Karatzia, Anastasia. "The European Citizens Initiative and the EU institutional balance: On realism and the possibilities of affecting EU lawmaking." Common Market Law Review 54, Issue 1 (2017): 177–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/cola2017006.

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The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has been promoted as a way to strengthen citizens’ participation in EU lawmaking. Taking stock of the ECI’s first few years of operation, this article aims to identify the influence of the ECI on EU lawmaking and its position in the EU institutional triangle (Commission – European Parliament – Council). In particular, the article examines whether the ECI has shifted the EU institutional status quo vis-à-vis the Commission’s power of legislative initiative. It focuses on the first few ECIs that have managed to collect the necessary number of signatures to

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Cuesta Lopez, Víctor. "The Lisbon Treaty’s Provisions on Democratic Principles: A Legal Framework for Participatory Democracy." European Public Law 16, Issue 1 (2010): 123–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/euro2010007.

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Even though the Lisbon Treaty avoids the constitutional foundation of the European Union, it contains the same strategies as the Constitution for Europe to strengthen its democratic legitimacy. This article explores the Lisbon Treaty’s ‘Provisions on Democratic Principles’ and, particularly, the strategies of democratization based on the participation of citizens and organized civil society in European governance. The article provides a legal analysis of the principles of participatory democracy and the rules governing civil dialogue, external consultations and citizens’ initiative.

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KARATZIA, Anastasia. "Revisiting the Registration of European Citizens’ Initiatives: The Evolution of the Legal Admissibility Test." Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 20 (December 2018): 147–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cel.2018.9.

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AbstractAccording to the main element of the legal admissibility test of the European Citizens’ Initiative (‘ECI’) set out in Regulation 211/2011, a proposed ECI cannot collect signatures of support if it ‘manifestly falls outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties’. This contribution argues that the interpretation and application of the ECI legal admissibility test has developed since the early years of the ECI’s operation, largely due to the CJEU’s intervention in ECI-cases. It analyses the p

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Menache, Andre. "The European Citizens’ Stop Vivisection Initiative and the Revision of Directive 2010/63/EU." Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 44, no. 4 (2016): 383–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026119291604400408.

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Monaghan, Elizabeth. "Assessing Participation and Democracy in the EU: The Case of the European Citizens’ Initiative." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 285–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702573.

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De Clerck-Sachsse, Julia. "Civil Society and Democracy in the EU: The Paradox of the European Citizens’ Initiative." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 13, no. 3 (2012): 299–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2012.702574.

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