The added value of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), and its revision
The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is aimed at bringing the EU closer to its citizens, by enabling them to invite the European Commission to make a proposal for a legal act. Introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, the ECI should provide every citizen with the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union. However, the ECI in practice has had various procedural hurdles, preventing the fulfilment of the regulation's objectives. The ECI is thus not fulfilling its potential with regard to bringing the EU closer to its citizens. Against this background, the present study outlines the weaknesses in the existing ECI procedure. Moreover, it assesses, with a view to their added value, the main reform proposals that have been put forward to improve the ECI's functioning.
Študija
O dokumentu
Vrsta publikacije
Avtor
Politično področje
Ključna beseda
- delo parlamenta
- dopustnost postopka
- EVROPSKA UNIJA
- Evropski varuh človekovih pravic
- evropsko državljanstvo
- graditev Evrope
- informacije in obdelava informacij
- informacijska tehnologija in obdelava podatkov
- institucije EU in evropska javna uprava
- internet
- IZOBRAŽEVANJE IN KOMUNIKACIJE
- javno posvetovanje
- komunikacije
- MEDNARODNE ORGANIZACIJE
- nevladna organizacija
- nevladne organizacije
- nezdružljivost
- osebni podatki
- parlament
- participativna demokracija
- peticija
- pobuda EU
- POLITIKA
- politični okvir
- pravica dajanja pobud
- PRAVO
- preglednost odločanja
- sodstvo
- varstvo podatkov
- zakonodajna pobuda