EU to give citizens right to initiate legislation

The European Union will launch a programme next week allowing citizens to propose legislation as long as they can get a million signatures on a petition, a democratic drive that some opponents have labelled a «fig leaf». Under the scheme, which starts on April 1 and is dubbed the European citizens' initiative, the EU will be obliged to consider legislative proposals that have sufficient signatures and support in at least seven of the union's 27 member states.
(28.03.2012) Kathimerini English Edition
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