Although the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR) consider that the European Commission’s proposal for reforming the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is a step in the right direction, they have both formulated two additional recommendations.
The ECI was introduced in 2012 but has so far not met its expectations. This instrument allows for 1 million EU citizens to request the Commission to present a legislative proposal on a given subject....