16/05/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 16 May, the European Commission decided on the partial registration of a European Citizens' Initiative which invites it to propose “legal acts that clearly demonstrate the EU's intention to eliminate wage inequalities between member states and which - to achieve this objective - allow for a more efficient cohesion of these states”. The formal registration of this initiative on 22 May will mark the start of a one-year process of collection of signatures of support by its organisers. The Commission's decision to register the initiative concerns only the legal admissibility of the proposal. At this stage, it has not analysed the substance. If the initiative receives 1 million statements of support within one year, from at least seven different member states, the Commission will have three months to decide whether to follow the request or not. (LC)