Strasbourg, 22/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 May, the European Parliament adopted, by a vast majority (614 votes in favour, 15 against and 16 abstentions) amendments to its regulation on the implementation of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), in particular on the organisation of public hearings.
The report adopted, by Zita Gurmai (S&D, Hungary), states that when the Commission publishes a citizens' initiative in the register, the president of the Parliament should ask the...