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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10128

29 April 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/citizens' initiative
Spanish Presidency hopes Council will agree general approach on citizens' initiative by mid-June

Brussels 28/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Monday 26 April, the General Affairs Council held an orientation debate on the proposal to put in place the citizens' initiative. The debate revealed that the initiative, introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, enjoyed general backing, while highlighting a number of the areas of greater contention already flagged up during preparatory discussions (see EUROPE 10125). The Spanish Presidency asked the COREPER (the Committee of member states'...

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