Your chance to tell Brussels what to do: the European Citizens’ Initiative

Citizens will soon be able to invite the Commission to deal with a specific subject they consider should be governed by European legislation. In the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union adds a new participatory aspect to its political system: the European Citizens’ Initiative. That means that you, together with people from other Member States, will be able to bring your own ideas into the political process. Some Member States already have elements of participatory democracy, but on European level, the...