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Get a greater say in the policies that affect your lives. The European Citizens' Initiative is a unique way for you to help shape the EU by calling on the European Commission to propose new laws. Once an initiative has reached 1 million signatures, the Commission will decide on what action to take.

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COVID-19

On 15 July 2020, the European Parliament and the Council adopted temporary measures to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the European citizens' initiative. The new rules allow for an extension of the collection periods of citizens' initiatives affected by the pandemic. The new collection end dates of the citizens' initiatives that benefit from the extension are published on our website. Read more.

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85 initiatives registered

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Latest news

Workshop on sources of funding for ECIs - 10 November 2021, 14:00-16:30 CET

Fri, 29/10/2021

Workshop for (potential) organisers of European citizens’ initiatives, to discover how to find funds for the initiative, how to report donations and to gather tips for fundraising strategy.

Workshop organised by Democracy International, under subcontract of the European Commission.

10 November, 14:00-16:30 CET. Register here.

Source: Workshop registration

CitizenCentral podcast: listen to the the third episode!

Fri, 29/10/2021

The third episode of the new podcast series on the European Citizens’ Initiative, CitizenCentral, is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and SoundCloud.

In this episode, covering environmental topics on land and in the sea, two ongoing ECIs are featured: ‘Stop Finning – Stop the Trade’ and ‘Green Garden Roof Tops’. You can also hear from a representative of a closed initiative ‘Grow Scientific Progress: crops matter’ or marine biologists.

Source: Podcast webpage on the ECI website

New initiative registered: ‘Call to Action – Environmental protection in all policies'

Wed, 27/10/2021

The Commission has registered today a new European citizens' initiative, entitled ‘Call to Action – Environmental protection in all policies'.

This is the tenth new initiative registered in 2021. Its organisers have six months now to chose the moment to start the collection of support.

Source: Press release

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Calendar of events

Check the upcoming events related to the European Citizens’ Initiative. You can also see the list of past events; for some, recordings are available.

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