Comments on: Why the Commission’s proposal is nipping the citizen’s initiative in the bud

By: A roadmap in the making: the EESC and the Citizen’s Initative | The Albion Alliance presents

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:01:08 +0000

[...] Initiative once this was launched in March. Claimed to have too many constraints and safeguards, with no proper time frames and completely unworkable, this proposal saw itself being finalised [...]

By: Aaron McLoughlin

Aaron McLoughlin — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:49:45 +0000

Governments, let alone the Commission, are not too keen to hear a million + people tell them to do something. The European Zoo industry (EAZA) collected over a million + signatures in their campaign against ‘bushmeat’. The European Parliament’s petition committee were at a miss what to do with that many boxes, and the Commission were unimpressed that many people would want Europe to change their policies that contributed to the destruction of the great ape in africa. But, the time for europe’s citzens to speak directly is now.

By: JEF Europe

JEF Europe — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:12:09 +0000

Interesting reflections.

You can find many answers on the following 1-page open letter: http://www.citizensinitiative.eu/. Please feel warmly invited to spread the news in the blogosphere and forward the link to any political representatives you know.

This could be the start of a social media campaign…

By: Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Blogtour: first reactions to the ECI proposal

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:30:57 +0000

[...] But that was before the Commission put forward its proposal for the ECI Regulation (site, pdf). Judging by the following reactions, the Commission clearly has no need for help in safeguarding their current reputation: “is there really a need for that many security safeguards – admissibility check, security software, signatories’ ID numbers and address, authentication of statements of support by member states, etc?” – Eurosocialist [...]

By: bloggingportal.eu Blog & Support » Blog Archive » The Week in Bloggingportal: (Mis)Understanding Europe Multilingually

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:53:14 +0000

[...] At the beginning of the week, Jon and eurosocialiste (both Bloggingportal.eu editors) slammed the European Commission’s proposal for the rules of [...]

By: Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, ένας θεσμός βαθιά αντιδημοκρατικός « Η Χελώνα

Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, ένας θεσμός βαθιά αντιδημοκρατικός « Η Χελώνα — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:48:36 +0000

[...] EU proposes rules on new democratic instrument European Commission, obsoleted by the lightening pace at which the Internet changes expectations Why the Commission’s proposal is nipping the citizen’s initiative in the bud [...]

By: Joe Social

Joe Social — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:07:37 +0000

well, this proposal was drafted by a Socialist Central European Commissioner. A former Communist party member turned diplomat and now Commissioner… plus ca change…

By: Eurocentric

Eurocentric — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:25:52 +0000

I’d be up for it. It’s important to get the C.I. right, and the ID bureaucracy and the member state thresholds threaten to kill off its potential for generating pan-European debate.

By: Eurosocialiste

Eurosocialiste — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:54:47 +0000

Apparently for countries that don’t have ID cards, the social security number would be requested…

By: Stephen Spillane

Stephen Spillane — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:16:43 +0000

What about countries that don’t have ID numbers? Like the UK and Ireland? That hasn’t been taken into account has it?