16/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - It was with a certain degree of ceremony, highlighted by the president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, that the legislative act regarding the citizens' initiative was signed in the hemicycle of the EP on Wednesday 16 February. The president-in-exercise of the Council stressed that this initiative is a response to the awareness that there is a democratic deficit in Europe: it allows the citizens to turn directly to the institutions of the EU....