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.
Studija
Informacije o dokumentu
Vrsta publikacije
Podnositelj
Područje politike
Ključna riječ
- dopustivost pravne radnje
- EUROPSKA UNIJA
- Europski pučki pravobranitelj
- građanstvo EU-a
- informacije i obrada informacija
- informacijska tehnologija i obrada podataka
- inicijativa EU-a
- institucije EU-a i europska javna služba
- internet
- izgrađivanje Europe
- javno savjetovanje
- komunikacije
- MEĐUNARODNE ORGANIZACIJE
- nespojivost
- nevladina organizacija
- nevladine organizacije
- OBRAZOVANJE I KOMUNIKACIJE
- osobni podaci
- parlament
- participativna demokracija
- peticija
- POLITIKA
- politički okvir
- PRAVO
- pravo poticanja
- pravosuđe
- rad parlamenta
- transparentnost u donošenju odluka
- zakonodavna inicijativa
- zaštita podataka