Brussels, 01/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - Given in mid-March, the European Commission's response to the European Parliament's requests for changes to the rules governing the European Citizen's Initiative (ECI) is an unequivocal “no”, and a slap on the face for the European Parliament.
The ECI is the first transnational participatory democracy instrument and is often described as a tool capable of transforming the way the European Union is governed. But, in practice, not much use is made of...