Earlier today, #EPlenary adopted the report by @vinczelorant taking stock of the latest on European Citizens’ Initiatives #ECIs.

MEPs regret that the overall number of valid ECIs and their impact remains very low, and propose ways to enhance them, including:

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPInstitutional/status/1668626062228721670

📢We’re committed to ensuring citizens’ initiative thrive!

@europarl_en reaffirms its dedication by adopting resolutions on successful #ECIs and evaluating Commission’s decisions.

Together we strengthen democracy and empower citizens! 🇪🇺🙌🏻

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#ECI #CitizensInitiative

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vinczelorant/status/1668569741647130626

👉Key proposals include:

1️⃣Dialogue between initiators & @EU_Commission during signature collection;
2️⃣Comprehensive evaluation of successful #ECIs by the Commission;
3️⃣Continued dialogue between initiators & Commission post-decision.

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#CitizensInitiative #ECI

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vinczelorant/status/1668569739084414978

I presented today in @EPInstitutional my report about the #ECI.

My view is that there is a huge gap between the enormous effort and resources necessary to organize #ECIs and their weak legal effects - even if the required threshold of 1 million signatures is reached. 1/2

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vinczelorant/status/1630620971496357928