The Right to Petition
At the request of the Petitions Committee, this study analyses the right to petition in the European Parliament, in Scotland and in the EU Member States, from a multi-disciplinary (historical, legal and political science) comparative perspective. An evaluation framework is proposed, with the aim of assessing how key characteristics of the different petition systems, related to the legal and institutional framework (conventional features and e-petitions) and to the main players behaviour (citizens, parliament and government), have an impact on the achievement of the goals of the right to petition, hereby enhancing its effectiveness.
Study
External author
Mr Tiago TIBURCIO, Researcher at ISCTE / CIES - Lisbon University Institute
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Policy area
Keyword
- comparative study
- documentation
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- electronic government
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU Member State
- European citizenship
- European construction
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- executive power and public service
- GEOGRAPHY
- legal basis
- legislative initiative
- parliament
- parliamentary procedure
- parliamentary proceedings
- participatory democracy
- petition
- political framework
- POLITICS
- power of initiative